Fig. 6From: Aiding the cleaning of four 19th-century Tsimshian house posts: investigation of museum-applied surface coatings and original polychromya Polarized and b UV light microphotographs of cross section S5, i.e. coating over beige paint from a bear at the top of the pole, collected from house post 16/565 after removal of the overlying CN. The sample displays a translucent layer at top, possibly consisting of drying oil, with an abundance of dark dirt inclusionsBack to article page