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| + | Porcupine quill example |
| − | == Description ==
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| − | Thin sheets peeled from the inner bark of the [[birch|birch]] tree. Birch bark was used as a textile and writing paper in India and the Far East from at least the 2nd century. For preparation, the strips were pulled from the tree, dried, then softened with oil (Batton 2000). The strips were laminated using a natural [[gum|gum]] then flattened between wooden covers.
| + | Overall photograph demonstrating the technique embroidery and the use of the materials of moose hair, porcupine quills and Birch bark. Sample provided by the Gabriella and Leo Beranek Textile Conservation Lab. |
| − | [[File:1973.161a-b-SC58753.jpg|thumb|Covered basket<br>MFA# 1973.161]]
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| − | == Synonyms and Related Terms ==
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| − | birch bark paper; birchbark paper; birch-bark paper; bhoja-patra
| + | Photo Credit: Keith Lawrence, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
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| − | == Physical and Chemical Properties ==
| + | ''for more information see:'' |
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| − | * Soluble in organic solvents.
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| − | * Insoluble in cold water.
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| − | * Thickness = 0.2-0.5 mm.
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| − | File:63.289_EMaPQBB_overall.jpg|Birch bark example<br>MFA# 63.289
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| − | File:63.289_Birch_det.jpg|Birch bark detailed<br>MFA# 63.289
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| − | ==Resources and Citations== | |
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| − | * S.S.Batton "Seperation (sic) Anxiety: The Conservation of a 5th Century Buddhist Gandharan Manuscript" ''WAAC Newsletter'', 22(1):15-17, 2000. O.P.Agrawal, "Investigations for Preservation of Birch-Bark Manuscripts" in Preprints of ICOM Committee for Conservation , Ottawa, 1981.
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| − | * Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, ''Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology'', U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
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Porcupine quill example
Overall photograph demonstrating the technique embroidery and the use of the materials of moose hair, porcupine quills and Birch bark. Sample provided by the Gabriella and Leo Beranek Textile Conservation Lab.
Photo Credit: Keith Lawrence, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
for more information see:
MFA Online Collections Database
