Conservation of Metallic Beads

Authors

Heather White, Brigham Young University
Dr. Paul Stavast, Brigham Young University

Keywords

metallic beads, artifacts, leather, Native American tribes

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Anthropology

Abstract

Brigham Young University’s Museum of Peoples and Cultures has an extensive and varying collection of anthropological, ethnographic, and archaeological artifacts. Within these artifacts are leather items with metallic beading. These beads have been actively deteriorating, damaging themselves, the leather, the strings that keeps them sewn, and other items attached to the leather. The damage to such items is detrimental to the Museum, the collections and history of Brigham Young University, future researchers, and the Native American peoples whom these objects represent. The purpose of this project was to stop the above from happening by conserving the metallic beaded items created by the Native American people during the early 20th century.

Recommended Citation

White, Heather and Stavast, Dr. Paul (2015) "Conservation of Metallic Beads," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2015: Iss. 1, Article 6.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2015/iss1/6