[NHCOLL-L:4431] RE: Taxidermy Question

[Bryant, James]

Sounds about right.

 

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From: Demouthe, Jean [mailto:JDemouthe at calacademy.org] 
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 3:04 PM
To: Bryant, James; karenjane.lloyd at gmail.com; NHCOLL-L at lists.yale.edu
Subject: RE: [NHCOLL-L:4429] RE: Taxidermy Question

 

I'll bet "tavern yellow" is the color something gets to be after it has
hung over a bar in a small western town for 50 years.

 

J.D.

 

Dr. Jean F. DeMouthe

Senior Collections Manager for Geology

California Academy of Sciences

55 Music Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park

San Francisco, California 94118 

jdemouthe at calacademy.org <mailto:jdemouthe at calacademy.org> 

(415) 379-5258

 

 

 

From: owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu
[mailto:owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Bryant, James
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 2:18 PM
To: karenjane.lloyd at gmail.com; NHCOLL-L at lists.yale.edu
Subject: [NHCOLL-L:4429] RE: Taxidermy Question

 

I suspect you're dealing with a cleaning/finishing spray-on product,
like that shown at this site:

http://www.vandykestaxidermy.com/product/103141/seybrite-trophy-cleaning
-kit

 

I don't think I'd ever heard the term "tavern yellow"!

James M. Bryant

Curator of Natural History

Museum Department, City of Riverside

3580 Mission Inn Avenue

Riverside, CA 92501

(951) 826-5273

(951) 369-4970 FAX

jbryant at riversideca.gov

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From: owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu
[mailto:owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Karen Lloyd
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 12:16 PM
To: NHCOLL-L at lists.yale.edu
Subject: [NHCOLL-L:4427] Taxidermy Question

 




Dear all,

 

I have a question concerning a taxidermied large mammal.  The piece has
been purchased for a museum that I am contracting with and as I
understand it the piece came directly from a taxidermist.  The specimen
appears to have some sort of oily coating on it that comes off to the
touch and makes the fur feel like greasy , unwashed hair! Any ideas to
what this could be and ideas to how best to remove the coating?

 

Thanks,

 

Karen Lloyd

Lloyd Museum Consulting
-- 
Our life is what our thoughts make it.
Marcus Aurelius

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