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NOTES ON THE SAFEGUARDING AND CONSERVING CULTURAL MATERIAL IN THE FIELD                    28.

(iii) [[underline]] Objects which have been exposed to smoke or gases. [[/underline]]

Get gas experts who know methods of decontamination to make sure that no poisonous gases are still in contact with the objects.  Then, if the objects are safe to handle, air them out, without exposure to wind or sun.  [[underline]] Don't [[/underline]] attempt to move charred or partially burnt objects. (See Section iv below).  [[underline]] Don't [[/underline]] try to rub off smudge, dust or oil deposits.

(iv) [[underline]] Objects which are broken, partly destroyed by fire[[/underline]], or are disintegrating as the result of damp, heat, chemical action, etc.
  (a) Whenever possible, e.g., when they are not in the way of necessary traffic, are not in places exposed to vibration or shock, and the cause of disintegration is not still operating, leave them where they are, until an expert can get to work.  Meanwhile, cover the remains with a box or temporary shelter, conspicuously labelled "Don't Touch", with a description of what it covers.
  (b) Sometimes
     (1) Fragments are too widely distributed to be protected, and may form part of a mass of debris cov-