[Nhcoll-l] Covering for large hooks

[Prondzinski, Mary Beth]

Greetings all,

I am looking for an option to cover these large hooks that will be holding Mammoth tusks.  I suggested some polyvinyl tubing, but the cabinet shop wants to "dip" them in plasti dip.   Does anyone have an archival medium suggestion that won't damage the potentially friable outer layer of these tusks?  The hooks are 1.25 inches in diameter.

Thanks for any ideas!

Mary Beth
Mary B. Prondzinski
Collections Manager, Natural History Museum
The University of Alabama<https://www.ua.edu/>
356 Mary Harmon Bryant
Box 870340
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