TAA i.2.12a.1.72.recto

Page number
72
Caption
Relevant conservation notes page
Creator
Material
Ink
Paper
Measurements
22.8 cm x 17.8 cm (h x w)
Transcription

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Box 115
Yellow paint outside: this rubs off when damp. 

Black coating inside: a large number of small dead 
                                                    beetles at bottom.
Cleaned with dry brush
Sprayed with celluloid in amyl acetate to prevent 

paint flaking off.
Refastened loose pieces of cornice with cellulose 

cement

 

Nome Standard 37 (a)
Figure of snake wood covered with gesso gilt
Feather bronze gilt
Base wood coated black.
Gold very largely plum colour with bloom
Embedded in black of base a number of 

small dead beetles (The beetles seem very 

similar to those on stands of ankh-torch holders 

& in box 115.
Brush Removed dirt with dry brush. Cleaned 

with damp brush: sprayed with celluloid in 

amyl acetate.