[Nhcoll-l] Storing snake skins

[Pellegrini, Rodrigo]

Dear colleagues,

I just found a small box full of shed snake skins in our collections room. They're just loose inside of it. I'm sure there must be a better way of storing these (I can think of one  or two, like pinning to an acid-free board or coiling in a glass jar), but honestly have no idea what would be best practices. Does your collection have dry, shed snake skins? How do you store them?

Thanks for any info.

Sincerely,

Rod

Rodrigo Pellegrini, MA, MS
Registrar, Natural History Bureau
New Jersey State Museum
PO Box 530
Trenton, NJ 08625-0530
USA

Voice: (609) 292-5615 (office)
       (609) 826-3924 (laboratory)
       (609) 826-5449 (storage)
Fax: (609) 292-7636
E-mail: Rodrigo.Pellegrini at sos.state.nj.us
www.newjerseystatemuseum.org
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