[Nhcoll-l] Nhcoll-l Digest, Vol 68, Issue 9

[John E Simmons]

Take a look at soft crochet thread at a fabric store. I prefer 100%
mercerized soft crochet thread without dyes. It is strong but does not cut
the specimens or the tags.

John E. Simmons
Museologica
128 E. Burnside Street
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 16823-2010
simmons.johne at gmail.com
303-681-5708
www.museologica.com
and
Adjunct Curator of Collections
Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery
Penn State University
University Park, Pennsylvania
and
Instructor, Museum Studies
School of Library and Information Science
Kent State University

On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 3:10 PM, Martin, Kaylin <MartinK at carnegiemnh.org>
wrote:

> Topic: Help - 100% linen string for wet collection
> Hello, I have a question for the museum community:
> I work in the herpetology fluid collection here at the Carnegie Museum of
> Natural History and we are looking for 100% Irish linen string for tag
> tying of our specimens. Any suggestions on where to find this? It's been a
> handful of years (before my time) that we've purchased this. I can only
> find waxed linen string and that's no good!
> Best wishes,
>
> Kaylin Martin, M.Sc.
> Curatorial Assistant of Amphibians and Reptiles
> Carnegie Museum of Natural History
> 4400 Forbes Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15213
> 412-353-4691 (Office)
> 412-622-3258 (Alcohol House)
> Instagram: queen.of.jars
>
>
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