Notice catalographique « The identification and conservation treatment of a Third-Intermediate white-type coffin »
- Titre
- The identification and conservation treatment of a Third-Intermediate white-type coffin
- Auteur ou éditeur
- Yui, Kaoru
- Queen's University (Kingston, ON)
- Lieu de publication
- Kingston, ON
- Maison d'édition
- Queen's University
- Date de publication
- 2020
- Collation
- vii, 56 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), charts, tables
- Série
- Queen's Master in Art Conservation
- Résumé
- In 2014-2015, the Master of Art Conservation program at Queen's University obtained three Egyptian coffins dating to the Third-Intermediate Period. Both technical analysis and digital imaging were performed on the white-type anthropoid inner coffin, which is recognized as a rare type of coffin. The materials, layering structure, and areas of loss and vulnerability of the coffin were examined. This project focused on the white coffin to identify materials that remain unstudied, including the species of wood used for dowels and splines with polarized light microscopy (PLM), Hirox digital microscopy and environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM); and the binding medium for the pigments with chemical spot tests and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The wood was identified as tamarisk. The binding medium was identified to be proteinaceous or starch-based materials. The second part of project included the evaluation of possible conservation treatment methods and materials, including cleaning using cosmetic sponges and monitoring using the Hirox digital microscope; also, the change in colour after using consolidants for the wood was measured with a spectrophotometer. Based on the evaluation results, a partial conservation proposal of superficial dirt cleaning with cosmetic sponges was provided. The experiment for the evaluation of consolidants was interrupted because of the university closure due to COVID-19 pandemic. Another important aspect of this research project was to address the ethical considerations surrounding the treatment of the decontextualized mortuary object. Through the study of partial hieroglyphs preserved on the coffin fragments and archival research, the reconsideration of the object’s values was discussed. The entire research project included steps towards the long-term goal to reconstruct the coffin.
- Notes
- Thesis (M.A.) -- Queen's University, 2020
- Langue
- English = Anglais
- Sujet
- Egypt - Antiquities - Conservation and restoration
- Coffins - Egypt - Conservation and restoration
- Coffins - Egypt - Analysis
- Égypt - Antiquités - Conservation et restauration
- Cercueils - Égypt - Conservation et restauration
- Cercueils - Égypt - Analyse
- Pays
- Canada
- Type de document
- Monograph = Monographie
- Localisation
- DT 62 C64 Y95 2020
- Clé
- 19917
- Collection
- Catalogue