[Nhcoll-l] Horrible ;-) taxidermized birds and mammals

[John E Simmons]

Very interesting discussion and suggestions for what to do with old
taxidermy mounts.

I have attached two decision tables from a draft of a manuscript under
preparation for a publication on the care of natural history collections.
Any comments or suggestions on the tables will be appreciated.

--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 Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 9:22 AM Leslie L Skibinski <lls94 at cornell.edu>
wrote:

> No one has mentioned the possibility that these taxidermied mounts may
> contain arsenic, mercury etc.  Before doing anything with them they should
> be tested.  If you work with them make sure to use protective equipment.
> If they do contain “bad stuff” they need to be disposed of as hazardous
> waste.  I don’t know what that may entail in the EU.  Maybe someone else
> could weigh in on that aspect.
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> --Leslie
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> Leslie L. Skibinski
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> *From:* Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> *On Behalf Of *Sergio
> Montagud
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 25, 2023 7:20 AM
> *To:* Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
> *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] Horrible ;-) taxidermized birds and mammals
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> Hello everyone,
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> Last week we received some items of taxidermized birds and mammals in a
> very bad condition. Not only they are bad preserved, with dust and
> feather/hair fallen, also they have no data about origin, date or
> taxidermist. There are not interesting species, all are common except five
> or six that could be considered as rare.
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> This type of donations is frequent because most people are received now
> properties of their families that traditionally have these kinds of pieces.
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> I would ask you if anyone have experienced with these sorts of exx. and
> try to reuse in other terms. I want to say if they take them, extract the
> skull, and discard the rest or something like these.  Ideas and experiences
> are welcome. Evidently, invest time to recover these is not considered.
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> Thanks a lot
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> Sergio
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> Sergio Montagud Alario
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> Museu [UV] Història Natural
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> Universitat de València
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> e-mail: sergio.montagud at uv.es
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