Dear Samantha; In USA there is a company specialized in anoxia using argon: Art Care International, Inc. It's in New York but rendering services in all USA and some agents around the world as well. Art Care is since 1996 in anoxia business. Give them a call: William Louche - CEO 1- 845 8639123 or 4578134 email: William Louche(wlou...@aol.com) I think he may be away in far east for this week checking some pieces, but don't give up...
good luck, Ulisses Mello - CEO - Art Care do Brasil 2010/1/13 <samantha_rich...@nps.gov> > This is a message from the Pest Management Database List. > To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net > To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello - > > I am writing to ask for treatment advice for some larger wooden artifacts. > I am currently doing support work for the National Park of American Samoa > and it has come to my attention that three larger wooden artifacts in the > collection that show signs of wood-boring beetle damage. The objects are > two bas-relief carvings and a kava bowl. The carvings measure 80-90 cm > long, 40 cm wide and 6-10 cm thick. They are carved from teak. The kava > bowl measures about 16 cm tall with a diameter of 43 cm. The type of > wood is unknown. > > Is freezing a viable option or do we risk cracks or splits in the > artifacts? If we need to look at fumigation or anoxia for treatment, are > there any service providers in Honolulu (where the artifacts are currently > stored) that anyone has experience with? > > Thanks very much for your help. > > Samantha Richert > Project Curator > PWR - Cultural Resources > 909 First Avenue > Seattle, WA 98104 > 206-220-4130 > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestl...@museumpests.com > > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to > imail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: > "unsubscribe pestlist" > Any problems email l...@zaks.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
