Hochschularbeit
Magdalena Baur: | A royal commemorative head from the former kingdom of Benin (now Nigeria) - Aspects of technology, restoration and the preservation of the collection | Zurück |
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Royal commemorative head
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Zusammenfassung: | This diploma thesis concerns the restoration and conservation of a royal commemorative head from the former kingdom of Benin (now Nigeria), part of the “Benin-Collection” of the Ethnological Museum Berlin, acquired in the 19th century. The royal commemorative head is casted in brass with inlays of steel. A considered dry cleaning process was chosen to maintain as far as possible the original state of the object. One provides a record of the cleaning process of the commemorative head and conditions for its maintenance as well as for all metal objects of the collection. Furthermore a detailed characterisation of the single object was made using visual and chemical tests as well as physical tests: OSL, FTIR, radiography and x-ray CT. Besides, this work provides a culture-historical overview of Benin art, pointing out the symbolical meaning of the royal commemorative head. |
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