TAA i.2.12a.1.52
© Griffith Institute,
University of Oxford
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Stick 95
Hard red wood. Washed with damp sponge.
Knob and some 15 cms of stick below covered with gesso
& thin gold leaf. This loose. Cleaned gold with
NH3 & washed with water & refastened loose gold
with Necol cement.
At ferrule end covered with gesso – gold missing.
Gesso loose – refastened with cellulose acetate cement.
Snake Head Pendants/<Ornaments> 138
2 wood : 1 stone: gold setting.
Washed with water & cleaned gold with NH3
& after with water.
Sprayed cord with a solution of celluloid acetate/<celluloid in amyl>
in acetate. Re-fastened on loose gold mounts in
two cases (wood) with cellulose acetate cement.
Papyrus Box 42.Spr Blew off dust: sprayed with solution of
celluloid in amyl acetate.
Treated with solution of paraffin wax in benzine
applied with a pipette.
Treated with melted wax.