Vibrational spectroscopic applications for detecting of consolidated harakeke fibres in conservation

• Main Authors: Samanali, Garagoda Arachchige P., Paasi, I., Dunne, Henry, Lowe, Bronwyn J., Smith, Catherine A., Fraser-Miller, Sara J., Gordon, Keith C.
• 其他作者: Asian Spectroscopy Conference 2020
• 格式: Conference or Workshop Item
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2020
• 主題: Science::Chemistry; Raman Spectroscopy; Infrared Spectroscopy
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/144325

Traditional Māori textiles are mostly composed of harakeke fibres (Phormium tenax, New Zealand flax) and coloured by various natural dyes. Fibres are dyed black (paru) with iron tannate compounds [1]. These textiles are liable to degradation which is believed to occur via acid catalysed hydrolysis a...