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Moffett, Dana
Former Senior Conservator
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Moffett, Dana
Former Senior Conservator
Positions
Senior Conservator
,
National Museum of African Art
2011 -
Background And Education
Research And Grants
Publications
Background And Education
Education And Training
M.A. in Anthropology,
University of Denver
, Anthropology
1990
London University
, Institute of Archaeology
1989
Research And Grants
Investigator On
Conservation Program for Internships, Fellowships and Research funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
2016 - 2020
African Art Kress Conservation Fellowship Grant
awarded by
Foundation of the American Institute
Publications
Selected Publications
Article
Diaz-Granados, Katja, Price, Robert, McBride, James R., Moffett, Dana, Kavich, Gwénaëlle M., and Caldwell, Joshua D. 2024. "
Identification of Surface Coatings on Central African Wooden Sculptures Using Nano-FTIR Spectroscopy
."
ACS Photonics
,
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c00320
.
2024
Hornbeck, Stephanie E. and Moffett, Dana L. 2016. "
Altered surfaces, taking the long view: Applications of ethnographic conservation practices to the conservation of contemporary art
."
Studies in Conservation
, 61, (Supplement 2) 84–90. (LA Congress Preprints Modern Art)
https://doi.org/10.1080/00393630.2016.1190906
.
2016
Chapter
Moffett, Dana and Cobb, Kim Cullen. 2018. "Historic Techniques, Materiality, and Coloring in Senegalese Gold Jewelry." In
Good as Gold: Fashioning Senegalese Women
. Grove, Migs, editor. 53–57. Washington DC: National Museum of African Art.
2018
