[Nhcoll-l] Use of Krowtann for tanning hides in museum collections?

[Dakota Rowsey]

Hello NHCollers,

More of a question for US members since the Krowtann doesn't ship outside
of the country, to my knowledge. Our museum has a bunch of hides that need
to be tanned and not a lot of money to dedicate to getting them tanned by a
third party. I received a recommendation from a local taxidermist about
using Krowtann for tanning hides, though she said she had only used it on
small mammals and has larger mammals tanned by a third party. I was
wondering if anyone has used Krowtann to tan museum specimen hides and if
it worked out well (for small and/or large mammals) or whether it is too
good to be true? We have some salted hides that have been frozen for
decades and I'd love to finally get them tanned.

Also, a bit of a tangent, but are there any other MAMMAL-L refugees out
there who are aware of whether a replacement for that listserv has been
created?

Sincerely,
Dakota

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*Dakota M. Rowsey, Ph.D. *(he/his)
Biology Collections Manager
Science Museum of Minnesota
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