@article{7c77589b4ba64b7290dc13d881f3d4c5,
title = "Woven Wonders and Saving Basketry at the Arizona State Museum",
abstract = "Advances in conservation employed at the Arizona State Museum have expanded the research options for over 35,000 ethnographic and archaeological perishable objects since 2012. The Woven Wonders basketry conservation project has provided increased access to the collection, instituted new conservation treatment technique, initiated new research topics, provided advanced educational opportunities, instigated new forms of collaborative conservation, and reduced material loss from items in the collection. The Woven Wonders project was funded with a Save America's Treasure grant, two Institute of Museum and Library Services grants, one Preservation Training Grant, two Kress Foundation grants, and numerous private donations. The project has resulted in a state-of-the-art visible storage vault with an adjacent interpretive gallery that is home to the Woven Through Time: American Treasures of Native Basketry and Fiber Art.",
keywords = "Basketry, Conservation, Perishables, Save America's Treasures",
author = "Nancy Odegaard and Crista Pack and Marilen Pool and Martina Dawley and Skyler Jenkins and Gina Watkinson",
note = "Funding Information: With funding from the National Center for Preservation Training and Technology (NCPTT), ASM developed a project to evaluate the applicability of nano-sized calcium hydroxide particles for the treatment of degraded semiprocessed cordage objects. This treatment previously found suitability with cellulosic substrates, such as paper and wood (Giorgi et al. 2009). During the funded research project several observations were made that proved useful for planning the basketry vault housings. First, that after three hours of shaking, noncataloged samples of Funding Information: A professional dedication to the role of conservation continues today and some of the latest manifestations of this commitment may be seen in the current basketry project. The Woven Wonders project at ASM was begun with a grant awarded in 2012 from Save America{\textquoteright}s Treasures (a competitive program funded by the Department of Interior and administered by the National Endowment for the Humanities), which helped to fund the construction of a new climate-controlled visible vault for the basketry collections. The new, larger vault provides improved storage units with powder-coated museum cabinets, drawers with glides, space-saving mobile shelving, a new HVAC system to control temperature and humidity, a new fire suppression system, upgraded lighting and security, and improved accessibility to researchers Funding Information: The ethnology basketry collection was inventoried, reviewed for condition, and individually bagged in 1988–1990 under a National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant for systematic anthropological collections. As there was no place to move it, the collection remained in a poorly lit basement room on overcrowded, fixed wooden shelves with stacks up to 12 inches high (Figure 1). The room was without fire suppression and had received only minor security upgrades since 1935. Completely inadequate housings resulted in distortions, stretching, and weakening of many baskets. Rims, handles, and appendages had become broken. The baskets, though protected slightly by the bags (added in the 1988–1990 project), Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016, Copyright {\textcopyright} 2016 Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society. All rights reserved.",
year = "2016",
month = oct,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1080/00231940.2016.1252902",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "82",
pages = "403--420",
journal = "KIVA",
issn = "0023-1940",
publisher = "Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society",
number = "4",
}