The Georg Steindorff Egyptian Museum of the University of Leipzig loaned beads from an Old Kingdom broad collar and choker to the Carlos Museum for examination and restringing.

A purple slip began to appear on Panamanian pottery of the Coclé region around 500 AD. The coloration of this slip is unusual because most purple slips in the Americas are more maroon.

Emory University students Eveleigh Wagner and Courtney Von Stein worked with consulting conservator of paper Elizabeth Schulte to clean six prints of A Harlot’s Progress by British artist William Hogarth.

While preparing a Dogon Kanaga mask for exhibition at the Carlos Museum, Andrew W. Mellon Advanced Conservation Fellow Ashley Jehle discovered clues to the object’s original construction.

Emory University student Rebecca Levitan and Georgia State University student Arden Davis worked with consulting conservator of textiles Patricia Ewer to bathe fragments of an Andean doublecloth textile.

Solid though they are, the Carlos Museum’s marble walls are no match for the enthusiasm with which it reaches beyond campus borders, creating connections, reflecting its neighbors, and meeting their needs.