Inuit clothing and kayak

Brown Christine <christine.brown [at] hullcc__gov__uk> writes

>We have a selection of Inuit clothing and artifacts that are made
>from what we believe is seal skin. ...

Last year ICON organised the conference "Scraping Gut and Plucking
Feathers: the Deterioration and Conservation of Feather and Gut
Materials.

Papers are available online on:

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        index.php?option=com_content&task=view&
        amp;id=112&Itemid=>

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We published the treatment of a gut parka from Alaska now on
display, involving cleaning, repair and mounting.

If you have any particular queries you can contact me at
vsaizgomez<-at->thebritishmuseum<.>ac<.>uk or Pippa Cruickshank
<pcruickshank<-at->thebritishmuseum<.>ac<.>uk>

Vanessa Saiz Gomez
Contract Objects Conservator
Department of Conservation and Scientific Research
The British Museum
Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DG


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