How to mount a Chimú-Inca feather headdress | Conserving Peruvian textiles

Some objects can stand by themselves others need a bit of support. How would you go about displaying a feather headdress from the Chimú-Inca culture, dated c.1470 – 1530 BC. The brief was to display this ancient and fragile headdress as worn… but not worn. We catch up with conservator Nicole Rode for a introduction to conservation mounts as she prepares a custom mount for the headdress to go on display. To see the headress and the mount that it sits on book tickets to our new exhibition Peru: A Journey in time here bit.ly/2YCJDBP #PeruExhibition #Conservation #Peru

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