IDENTIFICATION
Catalog number: CHIR 1912
Object: Hook, Meat
Material: Metal
Treatment performed by: Ali Wysopal, conservation technician and Betsy Burr, conservator
Exam Date: 6/7/2019
Treatment Report: 7/19/2019
Measurements: (A) L. 14 cm W. 11.5 cm D. 1 cm
(B) L. 13.8 cm W. 11.5 cm D. 1.5 cm
(C) L. 13.8 cm W. 11.5 cm D. 1.4 cm
(D) L. 14.3 cm W. 11.4 cm D 1.4 cm
Image courtesy of the Western Archeological and Conservation Cente
DESCRIPTION: from the ICMS record "S SHAPED W/ ONE BLUNT END & ONE POINTED. C88.016."
CHIR 1912 is a group of four "S" shaped hooks formed from a single piece of metal with one blunt and one pointed end.
Image courtesy of the Western Archeological and Conservation Cente
TREATMENT PROCEDURE:
1. Dry cleaned dust from the surface with a vacuum and micro-attachment brush.
2. Removed the catalog number with swabs of acetone.
3. Cleaned dirt and grime from the surfaces with swabs of acetone.
4. Reduced loose corrosion throughout the surfaces with a stiff bristle brush and swabs of acetone.
5. Warmed each object in a laboratory oven set to 90ºC and applied a micro-crystalline wax coating in Naptha solvent.
6. Reapplied catalog number by printing on archival paper and adhered it with a top and bottom coat of Rhoplex acrylic adhesive.
Image courtesy of the Western Archeological and Conservation Cente
Date of completion of treatment: 6/26/2019