Non invasive characterization though neutron diffraction of ancient Indonesian Keris

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Our long-term aim is a detailed study of the Arms & Armour in the Wallace Collection, London, which contains over two thousand items and is one of the most important collections of European arms and armour in Europe. Of course, many medieval helmets were altered during their working lifetimes. It is not always easy to determine whether a visible alteration was contemporary or the work of a 19th century restorer. Since Sir Richard Wallace and his father bought much of their collection from dealers, the latter is always a strong possibility. Our investigations at ISIS have demonstrated that TOF-ND can provide much of the information that metallography can (but non-invasively) we hope to explore the alterations of some helmets. Distinguishing between medieval metal and Victorian (puddled) wrought iron would give the museum this valuable information.

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.87813132
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/87813132
Provenance
Creator Ms Ariane Langreder; Ms Sarah Turner; Ms Katherine Skeates; Ms Francesca Levey; Mr Simon Metcalf; Mr David Edge; Dr Alan Williams; Dr Francesco Grazzi; Dr Antonella Scherillo
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2020
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
Representation
Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2017-09-25T07:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2017-09-29T15:45:37Z