Navajo Flat Textile Storage Improvement at the Museum of Northern Arizona

北亚利桑那博物馆收藏了纳瓦霍地毯和毯子，记录了纳瓦霍编织技术发展的连续变化，从其普韦布洛，西班牙和盎格鲁美国的影响根源到现在的地区风格。这是国内记录最完整的藏品之一。这是一本广泛被对物质文化感兴趣的学者使用的藏书。大型有机材料，如纺织品，需要特殊的储存设施。由于缺乏空间和合适的架子，北亚利桑那博物馆被迫折叠和堆叠纺织品，造成物品损坏，使其无法进行研究。博物馆需要新的储藏架来滚动他们的藏品，防止它们变质。本项目选用的储存设备能防止虫害，防止纺织品粉尘，防止因折痕造成的应力对纤维的破坏，并能延缓光降解。该设备还将使研究人员更容易获得纺织品。北亚利桑那博物馆的藏品对人类学的持续研究很重要。它们具有很大的科学价值，储存技术的改进将促进进一步的研究

The Museum of Northern Arizona has a unique collection of Navajo rugs and blankets that document a continuum of change in the technological development of Navajo weaving from its Pueblo, Spanish, and Anglo- American influenced roots to its present regional styles. This is one of the best documented collections in the country. It is a collection that is extensively used by scholars who are interested in material culture. Large organic materials such as textiles require special storage favilities. The Museum of Northern Arizona, due to a lack of space and proper shelving has been forced to fold and stack their textiles, causing damage to the objects and making them inaccesible for research. The Museum requires new storage sheving to roll their collection and halt the deterioration. The storage equipment chosen for this project will retard insect infestation, protect the textiles from dust, prevent damage to the fibers from stress due to creases, and redtard photodegr- adation. This equipment will also make the textiles more accessible to researchers. The collections at the Museum of Northern Arizona are important for cintinued research in anthropology. Theyt have great scientific value and the improgvements in storage will sitmulat additonal research.//