Jennifer Park Phelps
Mixed Materials
African Gourd-Shaped Wooden Container
Cardiff University
- • This ‘gourd’ is from the British Empire and Commonwealth Collection at the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. It is from East Africa (probably Kenya) and was most likely used for storing milk products. The museum requested conservation of the object with potential for display.
- • Condition and Treatment Report (PDF), Photos (PDF)
Gilt Picture Frame
Carmarthenshire County Museum
- • This gilt frame is associated with an oil portrait of James Buckley, c. 1840 in the collection of Parc Howard Museum in Llanelli, Wales (Parc Howard is managed by the Carmarthenshire County Museum). The painting fell from the wall one night, causing damage to both the portrait and the frame. A major project of my summer internship was restoring the frame for return to display. The ornate decoration is Baroque in style, but molded from ‘compo’ (a synthetic resin) – a combination often found in Victorian era frames when it was used to create frames in earlier styles without the cost of hand carving the entire design.
- • Condition and Treatment Report (PDF), Photos (PDF)
Beaded Neck Ornament
Field Museum of Natural History
- • This object was prepared for an exhibit on African Beaded art at Smith College Museum of Art, February to June 2008. This exhibit included other neck ornaments and three dimensional figures. It explored the use of imported glass beads in Africa during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The neck ornament is from South Africa and is undated.
- • Outgoing Loan Condition Report (PDF), Photos (PDF)
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