IDENTIFICATION
Catalog number: CHIR 5045
Object: Hook, Meat
Material: Iron Alloy
Treatment performed by: Ali Wysopal, conservation technician
Exam Date: 6/7/2019
Treatment Report: 7/19/2019
Measurements: (A) L. 14.5 cm W. 11.7 cm D. 1.4 cm
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CONDITION: from the ICMS record "U-SHAPED ON ONE END EXTENDING LONGER ON ONE "LEG" TO CA. 90 DEGREE ANGLE & SHARP POINT. FOUND IN BOX, CHIR 5037 W/CHIR 5042-5046."
CHIR 5045 is an "S" shaped hook formed from a single piece of metal with one blunt and one pointed end.
Image courtesy of the Western Archeological and Conservation Center
Image courtesy of the Western Archeological and Conservation Center
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 Center
Image courtesy of the Western Archeological and Conservation Center
Date of completion of treatment: 6/26/2019