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Julie A. KressSummer 2009

Penn Museum Internship

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Oceania Collection: Mid-19th century to now

22,000 objects & specimen (mostly ethnographic) - Pacific Islands (Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia)& insular Southeast Asia & Australia

Introduction

Adria Katz, Oceania Keeper Dwaune Latimer,

African Keeper

African Collection: 17th to 20th century

15,000 ethnographic & 5,000 archaeological objects

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Interns & Helpers

Rebecca ShaArchives

Yonah Ringlestein

Oversaw volunteers

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Documentation & Cataloging

Transmittal Forms (Used for moving or relocating objects) Department Section Mover’s name Date moved Object # & Description Old & new location Required Argus entry date Copies (Keeper & Registrar)

Argus→ Entries

→Clean-up on Fridays w/ Registrar, Chrisso Boulis

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Securit

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Preservation 1st.

Distilled Wet Wipes

Gloves

Temperature & Humidity

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Preserving Mats

•Misted with distilled water

•Coaxed into laying with snakes

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Collections StorageMainwaring 407Oceania Storage

B27- Oceania & Africa Storage

Inventory•Create an inventory form for both sections

•Documenting the location and objects found there

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•Photograping

•Measurements

•Catalog card info.

•Samples

•Tagging & bagging

•Create new accession record in Argus

Processing Civic Center Objects

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Sudanese Textile

Civic Center Museum Textiles

Old & new numbers→matching inventory

Sorting for research

Wrapping & tagging →sewn on tags

Textile Row

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Tour

African Museum of Philadelphia curators &

intern

Came for suggestions on preservation and care of their collection

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Civic Center Rejects

•Locating them

•Identifying them

•Offering them to other departments

•Bagging & tagging

•Assigning a temporary location in Argus

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Condition Reporting(Gallery & Storage)

•An accounting of all the objects •Condition of objects, cases, and gallery space

•Word document sent to exhibition department

•Condition report section in Argus →Details on individual objects

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Mount MakingTraining session with conservation•Ethofoam •Polyethofoam•board (1 & 2 layered) •heat gun •box making •glue gun

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The End!