Event: Pizza Talk: "Egyptian Coffins and Sarcophagi in the San Diego Museum of Man: Some Technical Studies"
Date & Time
January 25, 2017 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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Contact Information
Matthew Swansonmswanson@ioa.ucla.edu
Location
Fowler A222Event Type
Pizza TalkEvent Details
Speaker: David Scott, Professor, UCLA Department of Art History and UCLA/Getty Conservation Program
The San Diego Museum of Man has a collection of Saite and Ptolemaic coffins and mummies which were the subject of a technical study from 2007-2009. Pigments, binding media, grounds, wood and degradation products were characterized by x-ray diffraction analyses, x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, polarized light microscopy, wood anatomy, gas chromatography mass spectrome try and Elisa, a synopsis of the results of the study will be presented with examples of specific coffins illustrated.