Conservation of Organic Ethnographic Artifacts in the of the Laboratory of Anthropology

新墨西哥州博物馆人类学实验室 收藏了大量的民族志物品， 美国西南部 基于全面的养护需求 调查，博物馆工作人员已确定不可替代的，易腐 正在迅速恶化的人种学文物 这些 包括篮子、木制品、皮革和生皮。 许多 由于它们的变质， 条件，因此无法用于研究。 将聘请保护人员来保护和稳定 受损最严重的物体。 工作人员将修复，删除模具和 污染的影响，建立保护性的安装和容器， 改进存储单元。 要保护的对象是最大的， 最好的记录，最重要的，系统的收集， 全国 它们几乎是一个完整的参考集合 生活在美国西南部和墨西哥北方的群体。 因此，它们对人类学研究是无价的。

The Laboratory of Anthropology of the Museum of New Mexico holds a significant assemblage of ethnographic objects from the American Southwest. Based on a comprehensive conservation needs survey, the museum staff has identified irreplaceable, perishable ethnographic artifacts that are rapidly deteriorating. These include baskets, objects of wood, leather, and rawhide. Many of these cannot be safely handled due to their deteriorating condition, and hence are unavailable for research. Conservators will be hired to preserve and stabilize the most damaged objects. Staff will repair, remove mold and the effects of pollution, build protective mounts and containers, and improve storage units. The objects to be conserved are part of one of the largest, best documented, and most significant, systematic collections in the country. They are an almost complete reference collection for groups living in the American Southwest and northern Mexico. As such, they are invaluable for anthropological research.