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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 10 Jul 2018, at 09:04, Paolo Viscardi <<a href="mailto:p.viscardi@gmail.com" class="">p.viscardi@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Hi Elisa,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">My preference is for using S-hooks and cotton tape to hang and secure the heads from a steel wire mesh (see images from my previous collection's space at the Horniman).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The S-hook provides a simple mechanism for hanging, the cotton tape allows the load on the specimen to be better distributed and I would normally use a pad of plastazote between the specimen and the mesh to prevent point loading. Damaged specimens can be 'stitched' with cotton tape onto something stiffer, like corex, and tied to the mesh.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Paolo</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><span id="cid:ii_jjfen07a0"><image.png></span><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><span id="cid:ii_jjfeory71"><image.png></span><br class=""></div><br class=""></div><br class=""></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="">On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 at 22:04, Dahlberg, Elisa <<a href="mailto:elisa_dahlberg@fws.gov" class="">elisa_dahlberg@fws.gov</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class="">Hello all,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We are looking for a way to hang several taxidermy head/shoulder mounts (big cat, moose, elk, rhino...) on a wall to free up some space in our collection. Does anyone have any suggestions/ideas on the best and most cost effective way to do this? </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We have seen several examples in collection spaces ranging from Delta brand mounts to simple chain link type fencing (for example...something like the picture attached from the Yale folks - how you have the big cat mounts in the back of the picture). </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We would love any suggestions on what has worked for your collections!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best,</div><div class="">Elisa</div></div>
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