[Nhcoll-l] Fish stuffings

[Lennart Lennuk]

Dear curators of zoology,

We have some 200 fish stuffed with diferent materials (eg. cotton batting, plaster). Mostly made in the middle of 20. century and later, so the arsenic has been in use during tha making. The stuffings have been damaged by mold and also too dry climate and we are planning to restore those.

Has anybody have experience with Fish stuffings?
I find the stuffing quite extraordinary conservation method for fish.
Is the taxidermy practice as rare as it seems to me or are there a lot of stuffed fish out there? ☺

Head!
Lennart

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