This thesis deals with the conservation-restoration of two shields from Papua New Guinea (PNG). These wooden shields are adorned with mosaics of feathers. The anthropomorphic and geometric patterns have been disorganized over the time compromising their reading and aesthetic appreciation. The Museum für Völkerkunde von Burgdorf (Switzerland) wished to give back the physical stability of the...
The present memoire was composed in the intention of contributing to the complexity of mounting Asmat body masks conceived by the animistic community from a remote region of Papua, in New Guinea. These ceremonial figures adduce considerable difficulties in the processing of such a matter due to their apparent intricacy and magnitude. A study of the object’s background was firstly conducted as...