Thank you Tania! Unfortunately, the bag is not numbered, and I have not as yet connected it to any provenience information. I think it may have been a protective cover for another object (the bag is oddly shaped, and appears to have been custom made to hold something like a pipe). If so, the object most likely was catalogued, and the bag set aside.
--Nancy Nancy Jenner, Curator California State Parks State Indian Museum, and Sutter's Fort SHP phone: 916-842-7834 email: nancy.jen...@parks.ca.gov<https://mail.ces.ca.gov/owa/redir.aspx?C=jJluFg7_mEi3of46FM5M6OmwzYHxpNEICYcwc450-lvcaP93f2ErmvC4eB3LyAF_QBOALB_BK3k.&URL=mailto%3aNancy.Jenner%40parks.ca.gov> ________________________________ From: pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Tania Collas <tcol...@nhm.org> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2022 9:10 AM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: [PestList] Frass and damage on horn button You don't often get email from tcol...@nhm.org. Learn why this is important<http://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification> Hi Nancy, Do you know approximately how old the button is? Casein, a milk protein, was used to make buttons in the early 20th century. I am guessing that casein might be vulnerable to dermestid attack as well as horn. Tania Tania Collas Head of Conservation Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County tcol...@nhm.org<mailto:tcol...@nhm.org> On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 8:48 AM Jenner, Nancy@Parks <nancy.jen...@parks.ca.gov<mailto:nancy.jen...@parks.ca.gov>> wrote: Hello-- we're cleaning and processing some collections that have already been through a freeze cycle. One item (a fabric bag with a button closure) has buttons that are seriously damaged, and residual frass. I've tentatively identified this as a horn button, and my guess is that this is damage from dermestid larvae. Wondering if anyone might be able to confirm that, or suggest another culprit? (note-- the fabric is not damaged) Thanks very much! Nancy Nancy Jenner, Curator California State Parks Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park & State Indian Museum email: nancy.jen...@parks.ca.gov<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.ces.ca.gov%2Fowa%2Fredir.aspx%3FC%3DjJluFg7_mEi3of46FM5M6OmwzYHxpNEICYcwc450-lvcaP93f2ErmvC4eB3LyAF_QBOALB_BK3k.%26URL%3Dmailto%253aNancy.Jenner%2540parks.ca.gov&data=04%7C01%7Cnancy.jenner%40parks.ca.gov%7C3e29067f929b4db22c4208d9dd01065f%7C06fd3d24656448018226b407c4d26b68%7C0%7C0%7C637783818778920756%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=LpnXtiYLE%2BPcrWLM9rgLnLey%2FANkgnzdX1qYOkgdJJw%3D&reserved=0> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/BY5PR09MB5425D61EF31734AB9614BE22B05B9%40BY5PR09MB5425.namprd09.prod.outlook.com<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fd%2Fmsgid%2Fpestlist%2FBY5PR09MB5425D61EF31734AB9614BE22B05B9%2540BY5PR09MB5425.namprd09.prod.outlook.com%3Futm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dfooter&data=04%7C01%7Cnancy.jenner%40parks.ca.gov%7C3e29067f929b4db22c4208d9dd01065f%7C06fd3d24656448018226b407c4d26b68%7C0%7C0%7C637783818778930714%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=6ixIKHT8Seb6sadL2WO6kVlG5cDM%2FM9h9zneZ9Whigk%3D&reserved=0>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CALGsaN0rLSMpbMO7dMt6cym4JTmr8F%3DZV3E0-tpwsts-FMN%3DBw%40mail.gmail.com<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fd%2Fmsgid%2Fpestlist%2FCALGsaN0rLSMpbMO7dMt6cym4JTmr8F%253DZV3E0-tpwsts-FMN%253DBw%2540mail.gmail.com%3Futm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dfooter&data=04%7C01%7Cnancy.jenner%40parks.ca.gov%7C3e29067f929b4db22c4208d9dd01065f%7C06fd3d24656448018226b407c4d26b68%7C0%7C0%7C637783818778930714%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=Qzf17MqD3rxfiSPTSfsoOEh0UG3qOVQbqBWBoolJLg4%3D&reserved=0>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/BY5PR09MB54251BF00CBD159521BCF7DDB05B9%40BY5PR09MB5425.namprd09.prod.outlook.com.
