This bulletin, is part of an annual series which Archetype Publications publishes in association with the British Museum. The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin offers a forum to show a dynamic behind-the-scenes glimpse of the current work which curators, conservators and scientists have conducted on a range of artefacts and materials across the collections at the British Museum. 12 months after publication, the articles of each bulletin are uploaded onto the British Museum website for public viewing.
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Foreword
David Saunders
The study and conservation of four ancient Egyptian funerary portraits: provenance, conservation history and structural treatment
Nicola Newman, Lynne Harrison, David Thomas, Joanne Dyer and John Taylor
Maker, material and method: reinstating an indigenously made chair from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Catherine Elliott, Caroline Cartwright and Philip Kevin
A Bulgarian kukeri mask: a diplomatic gift and the conservation of its polyurethane foam decorations
Clare Ward, Nicole Rode, Marei Hacke and Judy Rudoe
A traditional Chinese method for weakening silk for use in the conservation of silk paintings
Vincent Daniels, Marei Hacke, Jin Xian Qiu and Valentina Marabini
Analytical study of the first royal Egyptian heart-scarab, attributed to a Seventeenth Dynasty king, Sobekemsaf
Gianluca Miniaci, Susan La Niece, Maria Filomena Guerra and Marei Hacke
Scientific analysis of a Buddha attributed to the Yongle period of the Ming dynasty
Quanyu Wang and Sascha Priewe
Examination and experimentation: conservation of an archaeological glass unguentarium for display
Julia Barton, Andrew Meek and Paul Roberts
Simple sophistication: Mauryan silver production in north west India
Paul Craddock, Caroline Cartwright, Kirsten Eckstein, Ian Freestone, Lalit Gurjar, Duncan Hook, Andrew Middleton and Lynn Willies
An unusual decorated skin coat from Canada: aspects of conservation and identification
Pippa Cruickshank, Caroline R. Cartwright, Jonathan C.H. King and Antony Simpson
