[Nhcoll-l] Collection of feathers

[John E Simmons]

For loose feathers (those not attached to a specimen), you might consider
housing them in polyethylene or Mylar sheet protectors. This is the system
used by Dra. Letty Salinas Sánchez in the Departamento de Ornitología at
the Museo de Historia Natural in Lima. It works well to keep the feathers
from being damaged, and they can be examined without having to remove them
from the sheet protectors, and an identification label included with each
feather. Letty has built up a very useful collection of loose feathers that
are used in forensic identification. Here is a photo of the system:
[image: image.png]

--John

John E. Simmons
Writer and Museum Consultant
Museologica
*and*
Associate Curator of Collections
Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery
Penn State University
*and*
Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia
Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima


On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 7:42 AM Sergio Montagud <sergio.montagud at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all
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> We want to afford a new collection of feathers, because a lot of people
> bring us them and some are particularly interesting for new areas and/or
> rare species.
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> Can someone recommended the best practice for this type of collection? Or
> perhaps some reference or article about this subject?
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> Thanks in advance!
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> Sergio
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