Basketry Conservation at the Alaska State Museum This presentation will describe basketry preservation techniques at the Alaska State Museum. Introduction to the agents of deterioration and causes of damage for spruce root basketry, including images of past treatments used on basketry in the Museum collection with exploration of which treatments succeed and which caused more damage. Presentation will include a description of the treatments used for waterlogged archaeological basketry (with emphasis on polyethylene glycol) as well as current conservation treatment techniques for damaged historical basketry (with emphasis on Japanese tissue and wheat starch paste.)
