Fall 2018 - Chemical Analysis Class Projects
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Document Type
Poster
Keywords
Masks, African--Testing; Masks, African--Forgeries;
Description
This project was a search for a new way to determine the authenticity of their African Mask collection. The University of Northern Iowa Museum has allowed the non-destructive analysis of five of their African Masks and a collection of African wood samples. This study is investigating if fluorescence spectroscopy and reflective UV-Vis spectroscopy of the African masks Of the five masks two are authentic masks, two are fake, and one the authenticity is unknown.
Publication Date
December 2018
Faculty Advisor
Joshua A. Sebree
Department
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Publisher
Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa
Copyright
©2018 Kaitlyn Parrott
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Parrott, Kaitlyn, "African Masks: Are They Authentic of Fake? A Fluorescence and Reflective UV-Vis Spectroscopic Approach" (2018). Fall 2018 - Chemical Analysis Class Projects. 6.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/chemanaly_fa2018/6
