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

[@magicknight13]

I love what was said about a mount being an extension of the conservation efforts. Thank you so much, museum workers!!!

[@deozeo4442]

I will never again grumble to the exhibition fees! The amount of attention given in simply creating that mount piece... wow. Thank you for providing a glimpse into your extraordinary behind-the-scene world!!! 🐈

[@Bamx333]

I’m from Peru! Thank you for treating these objects with reverence. Ty to the conservationists too! Love the British museum

[@kenc2257]

Lived and worked in Peru for about 9 months about 20 years ago. Very much enjoyed my time there.

[@syrhusprod]

Well they stole it from your country so they better

[@heycidskyja4668]

@@syrhusprod It hasn’t been stolen, it’s on loan from the government of Peru.

[@mrjohn.whereyoufrom]

@@syrhusprod No it hasn’t. The Peru exhibition at the British museum is a collaboration with the Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru and the Peruvian government. You must stop this knee jerk reaction to assuming everything is stolen.

[@72marshflower15]

Conservations isn’t Preservation.. ✨🤔✨

[@luceros3846]

love this! can't wait to mount my own Chimú-Inca feather headdress!

[@britpackdog4545]

Sure

[@Crecganford]

That was fascinating; the amount of work, skill, and care, that goes on behind the scenes. Thanks for showing us.

[@mikiberge6427]

Thank you so much for showing this, a wonderful opportunity to see how much care and expertise goes into mounting delicate objects for display.

[@DyanaM]

Fantastic! A shot of it from the back, given the discussion about the intricate geometric patterns and feather textures, should have been included.

[@sven6748]

Look at 0:28 ;)

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

You go girl 👏. I love watching 👀 your care and compassion for your item. I would watch you make macaroni and cheese 🧀

[@marthaorellana9026]

I love the British Museum it's fantastic Amazing

[@465maltbie]

very interesting to see the process, thank you for sharing. Charles

[@madaug4389]

This is absolutely amazing.

[@kcta78]

Great job! taking into consideration all the necessary details are instrumental to create a great exhibition like this about our country :). congrats to al the team !

[@MrJgris]

Museums are amazing time portals.

[@aq9714]

I love this! How wonderful!

[@mariusweber4990]

Awesome video!

[@marcosvilardi1054]

I think it would look much much better over a translucent acrylic mannequin bust.

[@susanhepburn6040]

Thank you.

[@lindabarling7719]

❤awesome❤

[@cstz]

This was fascinating to watch, so good to see all the care that goes into it. (Also, great choice of music in the end.)

[@bennyfactor]

Incredible that something that delicate has lasted for so long! It is very neat to see the current techniques to safely store and display this item, but how was it preserved historically?

[@chrishigh3858]

I think of Johnny Depp’s Tonto crow-hat! (btw i loved that movie)

[@modder15]

I just want to see Irving in a video again soon.

[@PerspectiveEngineer]

Wow.

[@hinachansansensei]

Look y'all, I'm not defending institutions that knowingly and willingly acquired objects under less than ethical means but at least try to look up where the objects in an exhibition like this come from before you accuse the institution of stealing them or tell whoever handles this KZbin channel to return them. More than one commentor has pointed out that this particular exhibit is a collaboration between the British Museum, a museum in Peru and the Peruvian government. Please keep in mind, not all exhibits or objects on display in a museum are objects from the museum's own permanent collections.

[@olgierdogden4742]

Fascinating. The level of concerns born from the curious minds which we all have been born with certainty pays off here. Recently I bought some Viking proto-christian medallions and the “seller” from the Ukraine obviously needed to earn a living, but the man’s telling his customers that something nearly 1000 years old can be worn, along with a vinyl cord for dangling. Need I say any more..

[@FlyGamingChannel]

Put it on!!

[@sophiacristina]

And i thought i was going to learn how to do my own headdress... :p

[@theharbinger2573]

The narrators voice reminds me of Deanna Troi. Mmmm Troi....

[@paulmorris1690]

Very interesting video, however I would have liked to have seen the final mount at the end and not get teased. Excellent presentation overall.

[@douglasharre7156]

Exactly....those of us in New Zealand can't just pop over..:-))

[@britishmuseum]

We plan to release a curators' tour of the exhibition soon too. Subscribe not to miss it. :)

[@JJONNYREPP]

How to mount a Chimú-Inca feather headdress | Conserving Peruvian textiles 1803pm 1.1.22 wise words, mate....

[@Lealizac]

Idc if they were given permission, this better still be in Peru

[@grahamrankin4725]

Paper mache for adults!

[@slothrr776]

You really can find out how to do anything on KZbin.

[@user-tv9pe1em2g]

Why this objects of Perú are in England 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@gmr2gnr]

There is no one-mount-fits-all

[@Dmicroluv]

why not just use mannequin head?

[@Gintsumi]

Interesting collaboration and work. But I wonder, if the British museum were to return all the items belongings to other countries, what would be left? Britain has things of it's own, that should be highlighted.

[@heycidskyja4668]

Why would the British Museum return objects that have been loaned to it?

[@PRDreams]

This is a loan from Perú. England is well aware that it is borrowed. In any case, that answers the question at least partially. The museums can very well borrow from other countries and create exhibitions that are of limited time. You also answered with another possibility: that they will have England artifacts to exhibit as a more permanent way to keep the museums going. The English Main island has a lot to offer archeologically speaking.

[@phlarrdboi]

don't going trying to mount something that's weaker darling

[@72marshflower15]

Conservation IS NOT Preservation!!!

[@Crazydudyman]

So how come a peruvian historical artifact is in england?

[@liquidpebbles7475]

Crazy how that happens right

[@mrjohn.whereyoufrom]

To answer your question the Peru exhibition at the British Museum is a collaboration with Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru and the government of Peru.

[@andrerodrigomaitamedrano1338]

piratas

[@penultimateh766]

The best thing about the Inca were their tradition of human sacrifice. it's unconscionable that the Spaniards put a stop to that noble practice...

[@spiritxdancer]

Luckily all those conquistadors and inquisitors taught them how to properly kill people.

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

the Spaniard commited plenty of atrocities!

[@penultimateh766]

​@@JaneDoe-ci3gj You know how many sacrifice victims who were freed by Pizzaro grabbed his sword and killed themselves with it? Zero.

[@kingkeeper99]

Torture and death trials over "paganism and witches", people being burned alive; slavery, spending all your life and childhood on a mine doing forced labour, letting your wealth be stolen; social elitism, classism over races, wealth and colors; ethnic massacres, displacements and forced conversion to Christianity was way better ayooooo 👌👌am I right?

[@kingkeeper99]

@@Barefoot_Joe It was bot an ethnic massacre, a forced acculturation and then a mix of bot cultures. Incan and Mayan sacrifices where horrible just as so where Spanish conquests and pillaging over the destruction of already troubled empires by the flu and smallpox that they introduced. We cannot excuse Hitler's "racial cleansing" because of Stalin's "political opposition cleansing". They're both crap, just like Inca religious sacrifices and Spanish racism and violence because christian religious fanatism or extremely dogmatic beliefs.

[@1hayes1]

First step, return it to Peru...

[@1Thunderfire]

You do realise that museums loan things to one another, right?

[@1hayes1]

@@1Thunderfire I do, of course, but I would prefer they give them back. This is, after all, the nation that holds the Elgin marbles.

[@1hayes1]

@@1Thunderfire You do realize that this is the country that has held the Elgin Marbles hostage for almost two centuries?

[@spirithawk2418]

return it

[@mrjohn.whereyoufrom]

Err you do realise that this exhibition is Organised with the Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru and Peru government?

[@1Thunderfire]

Maybe look the object up first before throwing accusations of theft.

[@suman24karm]

All are stolen objects..😂😂 thieves

[@mrjohn.whereyoufrom]

Really? The Peru exhibition at the museum is Organised with the Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru and the Peru government. So how is it stolen?

[@yuvraj7214]

Stolen

[@mrjohn.whereyoufrom]

No it isn’t. Exhibition is Organised with the Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru and Peru government.

[@phoebebrown2883]

All those poor dead birds.