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Mukudj Tourist-Trade Mask and Kifwebe Mask: Researched and Conserved by Caitlin Baker

March, 2016 by Codee Ratliff

BEFORE CONSERVATION       AFTER CONSERVATION     Mukudj Mask Traditional Punu culture Mukudj masks are worn in rituals to represent the ideal female and to represent deceased ancestors.  The masks usually have white or light-colored faces, full red lips, slit eyes, arched eyebrows, and three distinctive scarification marks … [Read more...] about Mukudj Tourist-Trade Mask and Kifwebe Mask: Researched and Conserved by Caitlin Baker

Filed Under: 2014 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts Tagged With: 20th century art, african art, kifwebe mask, luba culture, mukudj mask, punu culture, tourist trade art

Native American Beaded Rosettes: Researched and Conserved by Amanda Flavin

March, 2016 by Codee Ratliff

BEFORE CONSERVATION AFTER CONSERVATION     The beaded rosette is a solid-beaded, circular medallion that developed from Native American quillwork that was made in a circular form. These circular designs served as depictions of protective spirits and of Native symbols such as the double whirlwinds and the four … [Read more...] about Native American Beaded Rosettes: Researched and Conserved by Amanda Flavin

Filed Under: 2014 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts Tagged With: 20th century art, apache culture, beaded art, lakota culture, ralph foster museum

Yipwon Figure: Researched and Conserved by Sara Moore

March, 2016 by Codee Ratliff

BEFORE CONSERVATION   AFTER CONSERVATION The sculpture presents an abstract representation of the human figure that is made by the Yimam cultures of Papua New Guinea. The figure consists of several parts: The top of the figure is the abstracted form of a bird, and there are ridges that look like ruffled feathers on top of the bird’s back.  The next part is a human … [Read more...] about Yipwon Figure: Researched and Conserved by Sara Moore

Filed Under: 2014 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts Tagged With: 20th century art, drury mays collection, yimam culture, yipwon figure

Hisatsinom Ring-shaped Vessel: Researched and Conserved by Alexandra Thrower

March, 2016 by Codee Ratliff

BEFORE CONSERVATION AFTER CONSERVATION This pottery vessel embodies an irregular ring shape that makes it quite identifiable. Otherwise known as the “doughnut-shaped” vessel, the ring vessel first appeared in the American Southwest region around 500 CE. The specific, vertical style of this ring vessel--that it stands upright, with the spout facing up--did not come … [Read more...] about Hisatsinom Ring-shaped Vessel: Researched and Conserved by Alexandra Thrower

Filed Under: 2014 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts Tagged With: american southwest, ancestral puebloan, doughnut shaped vessel, hisatsinom, ralph foster museum

Gelede Headdress: Researched and Conserved by Nicholas Deckard

March, 2016 by Codee Ratliff

BEFORE CONSERVATION   AFTER CONSERVATION This Gelede mask (or headdress) has a superstructure that appears to represent a ceramic pottery vessel. The superstructures of traditional Gelede headdresses come in many different shapes and sizes. They can be elaborate, with complex and elaborate scenes comprised of many figures of animals and humans, or the superstructure … [Read more...] about Gelede Headdress: Researched and Conserved by Nicholas Deckard

Filed Under: 2014 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts Tagged With: 20th century art, african art, gelede mask, yoruba culture

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