Letters on birch bark: history and conservation of objects from the Museum of Rev. Józef Jarzębowski in Licheń Stary

• Authors: Janusz Czop , Marta Winiarczyk , Anita Rossa , Anna Klisińska-Kopacz , Julio M. del Hoyo-Meléndez , Anna Ryguła , Michał Obarzanowski

Abstracts

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Artefacts made of and from untypical materials with the use of sophisticated techniques preserved in museums constitute an exceptional challenge to museum curators. Such is the case of two letters described in the paper, written on birch bark by someone signed as the female: Janka and Jaśka dispatched to her mother from the Soviet Polovinka Gulag in the Urals in 1946 and 1947. Currently, the artefacts are in the collection of the Museum of Rev. Józef Jarzębowski in Licheń Stary, while their history was explained only in the 2010s. In 2022, the letters underwent museum conservation, which allowed to find out what material they were written on and what technique was used for the execution, following which they were appropriately preserved so that they can last the longest possible minimizing their deterioration.

Keywords

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letters; birch bark; Soviet gulag; Museum of Rev. Józef Jarzębowski in Licheń Stary; museum conservation

• Publisher: Krajowy Ośrodek Badań i Dokumentacji Zabytków
• Journal: Muzealnictwo
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 64
• Pages: 144-153

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

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Janusz Czop

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Marta Winiarczyk

• National Museum in Krakow

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Anita Rossa

• Museum of Rev. Józef Jarzębowski in Licheń Stary

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Anna Klisińska-Kopacz

• National Museum in Krakow

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Julio M. del Hoyo-Meléndez

• National Museum in Krakow

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Anna Ryguła

• National Museum in Krakow

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Michał Obarzanowski

• National Museum in Krakow

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

27692406