TAA i.2.12a.1.76.recto
© Griffith Institute,
University of Oxford
(76)
Hawks 157, 160, 112 (all feet bronze)
Chipped off perished leather from 157 & 160
Cleaned with damp sponge & damp brush
157
Wood with bronze rods, covered with gesso gilt
Gold very yellow.
Sprayed with celluloid in amyl acetate.
Repaired with Necol cement.
160 (Natural stone ? calcite (Beak bronze)
round eyes: eyes obsidian)
Wood with bronze rods covered with very thin gesso
and gold sheeting. Gold <bright> yellow in parts, grey/<generally but with>
in parts red patches of reddish-brown, but
grey on breast and under side of body.
Cleaned with Nl Scrubbs ammonia (grey
became bright yellow and reddish patches cleaned
off leaving gold bright yellow)
Washed with clx[?] water: repaired with Necol
cement.
112
Wood with bronze rods <(base bronze)>: covered with very thick
gesso, & very thin gilt. Gold mostly a dark
plum colour. Sprayed with celluloid in
amyl acetate. Repaired with Necol cement.