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Multiple analytical techniques were used to characterize materials from the surfaces of two African sculptures in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago: a Bamana power object (boli), and a Yoruba wooden sculpture of a female figure. Surface accretions on objects such as these have received ...
ORGANISM(S): Canis familiaris (Dog) (Canis lupus familiaris) Gallus gallus (Chicken) Ovis aries Capra hircus (Goat) 
2021-04-21 | PXD024988 | Pride
Ahead of display, a non-original layer was observed on the surface of a fragment of a wall painting by Ambrogio Lorenzetti (active 1319, died 1348/9). FTIR analysis suggested proteinaceous content. Mass spectrometry was used to better characterise this layer and revealed two protein components: shee...
ORGANISM(S): Bos taurus (Bovine) Anas platyrhynchos Gallus gallus (Chicken) Ovis aries 
2018-04-05 | PXD008486 | Pride
Undertaking the conservation of artworks informed by the results of molecular analyses has gained growing importance over the last decades, and today it can take advantage of state-of-the-art analytical techniques, such as mass spectrometry-based proteomics. Protein-based binders are among the most ...
ORGANISM(S): Oryctolagus cuniculus (Rabbit) Gallus gallus (Chicken) Ovis aries Capra hircus (Goat) 
2022-07-05 | PXD024397 | Pride
A small, shed antler fragment of a reindeer from Sjælland, Denmark has been dated to the Mid-Holocene, ca., 4700 cal B.C. Reindeer was an important component of the Lateglacial fauna in Denmark, and the species survived for ca. 1400 years into the Holocene. However, we consider it highly unlikely th...
ORGANISM(S): Rangifer tarandus (Reindeer) (Cervus tarandus) 
2021-11-25 | PXD024143 | Pride
Ahead of display, a non-original layer was observed on the surface of a fragment of a wall painting by Ambrogio Lorenzetti (active 1319, died 1348/9). FTIR analysis suggested proteinaceous content. Mass spectrometry was used to better characterise this layer and revealed two protein components: shee...
ORGANISM(S): Bos taurus (Bovine) Gallus gallus (Chicken) 
2018-04-05 | PXD009298 | Pride
The distinctive and visually striking wooden masks associated with the Bwa culture in Burkina Faso, West Africa, are carved from a soft wood into different shapes and display various geometrical patterns and symbols according to the purpose. One of their characteristic features is the use of the col...
ORGANISM(S): Numida meleagris Meleagris gallopavo (Common turkey) Pogona vitticeps 
2023-11-22 | PXD045999 | Pride
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