[Nhcoll-l] Bird Wings Collection Storage

[Fabian Neisskenwirth]

Dear All,

 

I’m writing in behalf of our Team to get some ideas about right storage for
Bird Wings.

 

We have a growing collection of bird wings that is, in my opinion, not very
well stored. 

 

We put them in translucent PE sleeves to keep all parts together. The
problem is that this way the whole feather rows get flattened. As a
taxidermist it’s very sad to see hours of work trying to get the feathers
nicely straighten, go lost due to this storage solution.

 

Our new plan would be to place them with the inner side down and use
cardboard straps (acid free) to pin them on a PE foam block. This way the
feather patterns on the wings don’t get flattened and still have all parts
together.

 

What other options do you recommend? Any better solutions or ideas?

 

I’ll attach some pictures so you can get an idea of our problem.

 

 

Thanks,

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SNAGHTML220e470

DER BURGERGEMEINDE BERN

Bernastrasse 15, 3005 Bern

 

Fabian Neisskenwirth

Naturwissenschaftlicher Präparator

+41 31 350 72 35


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