Bronze Age Antropomorphic Figure, Garla Mare Culture - Conservation and Restoration Interventions - Cover Image

Figurină Antropomorfă Epoca Bronzului, Cultura Gârla Mare – Intervenții de Restaurare șI Conservare –
Bronze Age Antropomorphic Figure, Garla Mare Culture - Conservation and Restoration Interventions -

Author(s): Simona Violeta Gheorghe
Subject(s): History, Archaeology, Library and Information Science, Preservation, Ethnohistory, Ancient World
Published by: Editura Muzeului National al Marinei Romane
Keywords: ceramics; Gârla Mare-Cârna; Bronze Age; conservation;

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the conservation of an antropomorphic figurine, Gârla Mare-Cârna culture, dated to the Bronze Age. The piece is made of hand-shaped clay and has the following dimensions: H = 14,9 cm; Dbase = 5,8 x 8,8 cm. The object had undergone an old intervention, showing improper additions and gluing, without prior cleaning of the ceramic material. In the main, the conservation process included: disassembly of the piece into component fragments, cleaning of the ceramic material (steam under pressure, ultrasonic treatment), drying away from direct heat source, assembling (gluing with polyvinyl acetate emulsion), filling lacunae (plaster on dental wax support).

  • Issue Year: IX/2021
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 333-341
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian