Kariate, a sculpture by Nancy Graves, was treated after a condition examination was completed on it before it was to be moved to offsite storage.  It is made up of a flat metal base, on top of which three groups of metal figures stand. Silver-painted metal rods rise up from the figures and curve in different directions. Various types and sizes of wire and wire mesh are twisted around the metal rods. The wire mesh is attached to the metal rods with pink-painted washers and rivets. Brass-colored wire runs through small green-painted metal elements as it curves through the wire mesh. Certain pieces of wire mesh are painted with blue and white circles.