In collaboration with the Freer and Sackler's Department of Conservation and Scientific Research, and with major funding from the Getty Foundation, the National Museum of Cambodia established its first permanent metal conservation facility. In 2005 the National Museum of Cambodia began a working relationship with the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Past efforts generally were made in conjunction with archaeological excavations throughout the country, mostly in the region that once made up the ancient capital of Angkor. The conservation of metal objects in Cambodia has a long, though episodic, history. Metal Conservation at the National Museum of Cambodia The Khmer have always viewed bronze as a noble material, connoting prosperity and success, and it has played a deeply meaningful role in their culture over many centuries.Ĭonservator Hem Kannitha at work in the Metal Conservation Laboratory at the National Museum of Cambodia. The bronzes in this exhibition-masterworks from the collection of the National Museum of Cambodia-represent the achievements of Khmer artists during the Angkor period (the ninth through the 15th centuries).īronze, a mixture of metals consisting primarily of copper and tin, was a preferred medium for giving form to the Hindu and Buddhist divinities worshipped in Angkor and throughout the Khmer empire. ![]() The ancient capital of the Khmer people at Angkor, in northwest Cambodia, was once the heart of a large sphere of influence that extended over much of mainland Southeast Asia. ![]() Vishnu-Vasudeva-Nārāyaṇa, Cambodian, Angkor period, late 1000s–1150s, bronze.
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