[Nhcoll-l] Mounting clay for museum objects

[Diana Tirlea]

Hello Beth,

We use Klean Klay for holding items temporarily - it stay malleable but I think it is oil-based, so not sure if that is an issue. I use it to hold seeds, cones, fruit while imaging the object. Paleontologists here use this for supporting bones too.

https://conservationsupportsystems.com/product/show/klean-klay/modeling-clay

Good luck.

Diana



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Hello everyone,

We recently had a researcher asking for some mounting clay to help support some bird skeleton elements for photography. This is not something I've stocked before in the UWYMV, so I wanted to see if anyone had some brands or types they would recommend?

This wouldn't be used for long-term display purposes, but something that could help hold museum objects up for short-term use. Hopefully something that could be re-used would be great, because there may be some length of time between use of the mounting clay.

cheers,
Beth

Elizabeth Wommack, PhD
Curator and Collections Manager of Vertebrates
University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates
Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center, Dept. 3381
University of Wyoming,
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