Sutter's Fort SHP
nancy.jen...@parks.ca.gov<mailto:nancy.jen...@parks.ca.gov>
From: 'bugman22' via MuseumPests
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2022 10:33 AM
To: pestlist@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PestList] Frass and damage on horn button
Nancy -
If you look carefully to the left
: Fri, Jan 21, 2022 11:48 am
Subject: [PestList] Frass and damage on horn button
#yiv2630696620 P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}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 button
Nancy -
You are correct - carpet beetle larvae did this.
Tom Parker
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From: Jenner, Nancy@Parks
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Sent: Fri, Jan 21, 2022 11:48 am
Subject: [PestList] Frass and damage on horn button
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From: pestlist@googlegroups.com on behalf of Tania
Collas
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2022 9:10 AM
To: pestlist@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PestList] Frass and damage
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
