11/03/2016

“Saving our skins: long-term care of masks from the Cross River Region” by Julien (2000)

Julien, Sophie, “Saving our skins: long-term care of masks from the Cross River Region”, Journal of Museum Ethnography 12 (2000) pp. 115–124.
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Abstract:
This paper gives a conservation perspective on collecting and conserving ethnographic material in the museum context, using the example of the Horniman Museum's collection of skin-covered masks from the Cross River Area of Nigeria.