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Figure 1. The process of restoration work on bas-relief and mural of Sultan Suleiman Royal Mosque.
DISCUSSIONS
The issues identified related to the restoration of bas-relief and mural of Sultan Suleiman Royal Mosque
are as follows:
1. time constraint for conservation work and,
2. lack of previous documentations.
Time constraints stressed the conservator. This is due to the immediate treatment process or the second
treatment for solving new problems in the bas-relief and murals. Sometimes, the second treatment had
somehow interfered with other conservation work, which had been set on a scheduled basis. They need to
achieve the predetermined time as had been set before the process of conservation started. To achieve that
time, they need to complete the bas-relief and mural conservation work as well as possible. However,
conservation work needs to be done with careful and much detail, so it will put pressure to the conservator.
Lack of references in form of previous documentation is among the major issues in the conservation
process as they lacked information and references of records or documents on Sultan Suleiman Royal
Mosque. This was experienced during the conservation process where the original colours of the bas-relief
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