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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hello!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Does anyone have access to this text? I can find citations but not the actual text.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GCEJ_en&sxsrf=ALeKk00LypmpO2Io5kz1mF7Z8JzLEicgKg:1628792498928&q=Summers.+P.+(1979).+Relaxing+and+cleaning+old+cabinet+bird+skins.+Gui1d+of+Taxidermists+Newsletter,+4,+22%E2%80%9424.&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiTrb7yjKzyAhXYbc0KHXb8BmYQgwN6BAgBEAE"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#1A0DAB;background:white;text-decoration:none">Summers.
P. (1979). Relaxing and cleaning old cabinet bird skins. Guild of Taxidermists Newsletter, 4, 22—24.</span></b></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Or, can anyone suggest newer resources on rehydrating old, dried bird skin? My current application is for removing bones from a dried bird wing, without damaging the feathers. Can a 100-year-old
skin be rehydrated for bone extraction?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#151515">Cindy Opitz
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#151515">(she/her)<br>
Director of Research Collections<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#151515">Museum of Natural History and Old Capitol Museum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#151515">Instructor, Museum Studies Certificate Program<br>
11 Macbride Hall, Iowa City, Iowa 52242<br>
Office: 319.335.0481</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:cindy-opitz@uiowa.edu">cindy-opitz@uiowa.edu</a><span style="color:#151515">
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</span><b><span style="color:black"><a href="https://pentacrestmuseums.uiowa.edu/"><span style="color:black">pentacrestmuseums.uiowa.edu</span></a></span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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