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Resources and guidelines on how to clean, display and care for treasured items in your
basketry collection. Remove molds, deal with water damage, clean, find tips for storage,
preventing pest damage and how to decide if you need the help of a professional
conservator.
How To Display Clean And
Care For Your Basket Collection
Keeping your basketry collection in the best possible condition and preserving its value
for generations to come is possible by following these steps.
Basket
Care And Maintenance
Guidelines for displaying, handling, moving, packing, storing and caring for the
antique baskets in your collection.
Care of
Baleen Baskets
The Alaska Museum offers a Wise Guide that describes the process of caring for
baleen baskets and the conservation and preservation of other Alaskan baskets
and artifacts.
Caring For Your Basketry
Collection
Basic guidelines for the care of special objects, including basketry, from The American
Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works.
Caring
for your Cahuilla Baskets
The Agua Caliente Cultural Museum offers suggestions on how to store, display
and care for your basket collection.
Caring For Natural History
Collections
Guidelines for care of natural history collections, including basketry collections, from
the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections.
Display and Care of Baskets
Suggestions from April Niino, Penny Nii Gallery for the display and maintenance of the
baskets in your collection.
Displaying
Native American Indian Baskets
Suggestions for how to display your antique Native American Indian baskets will
be of value to anyone with a basket collection new or old.
How To Deal
with Mold on
Baskets
Peter Corey, Curator of Collections, Sheldon Jackson Museum describes how to remove molds
and mildew from baskets.
Guidelines
for Choosing a
Conservator
Helpful tips on what to look for when seeking the assistance of a professional conservator
when you want to preserve your collection of baskets.
Lineco Document Cleaning Pads
Pads contain super soft grit free powder which absorbs and
cleans surface dirt. Pad is lightly twisted over the item to be cleaned producing a thin layer of white powder, then gently rubbed over the area causing
dust and dirt to be absorbed by the layer of powder. After cleaning, residue is simply brushed away.
Tips For Water Damaged
Valuables
General hints about what to do if water damages your collections of valuables.
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