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Pandanus Leaf Basket
Samoan
This basket from the Museum of Anthropology's collections exhibited a number of condition issues: there was adhesive residue on one side, dust and dirt overall, and the handle was badly misshapen and completely detached on one side. Light-coloured wefts were beginning to unwind from one end of the handle, and were broken off on the other. The treatment involved removing adhesive residue (not pictured), humidifying and reshaping the handle, reattaching the handle, and performing loss compensation for missing handle wefts. A supporting insert for the handle was also created.
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