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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Listers:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We recently acquired a very large dried rattlesnake skin from 1955. It is currently thread-tacked to a piece of fabric which is quite soiled. Does anyone have any experience with first, how to keep the scales from coming off, and second,
what would be the best way to re-mount this? The threads could be easily cut, but I don’t know if the holes in the skin are too fragile to re-use. If so , is there another accepted method to attach it to a supportive substrate? The donor did not have any
information on the preservation technique. I have not yet tested it for arsenic. Thanks all.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:#2C6822">Patricia J. Gegick
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Bioscience Collections Specialist<br>
Department of Collections and Research <br>
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science <br>
1801 Mountain Road, NW <br>
Albuquerque, NM 87104-1375 <br>
Phone: 505.841.2867 Fax: 505.841.2808 <br>
email: <a href="mailto:patricia.gegick@state.nm.us"><span style="color:blue">patricia.gegick@state.nm.us</span></a><u>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:#2C6822">“Every calculation based on experience elsewhere fails in New Mexico</span><span style="font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:#2C6822">.</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:#2C6822">”</span><span style="font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:#2C6822">
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:#2C6822">Lew Wallace, New Mexico Territorial Governor from 1878-1881.</span><span style="font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:#2C6822">
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:#2C6822">New Mexico: The Land of Enchantment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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