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Most medium-sized animals (like dogs) are macerated within about ten days. Lipids and fatty acids in the bone and in the fat tissues tend to stain the bone brown. Oxidising bleaches may be used to whiten the bone, but if too much is used the perchlorate or hypochlorite damages the bone tissue, leaving it chalky and brittle. Hydrogen peroxide at ...
Bone, horn, and antler objects are often part of museum collections and are unique because they require special considerations in terms of care. For example, bone, being an organic material, if placed under the right conditions will eventually break down whether in nature or in the collections. [1] causing treatment to be necessary.
Example of a study skin Display with different examples of support forms. Traditional taxidermy specimens are cleaned and preserved animal skins that have been mounted over a form. [1] Full mounts are the entire specimen, while shoulder mounts only include the head, neck, and shoulders.
Cleaning of human remains varies by type. If necessary, surface cleaning of bone can be done with a very mild detergent and water solution, but bones should never be soaked in order to prevent dirt from becoming embedded in pores. [2] The possibility of cleaning human remains is highly dependent on the fragility of the specimen.
The conservation of textiles should always be left to a specialist conservator. Before any conservation treatment the composition of the textile must be identified. Testing textiles such as burning a sample can quickly identify the presence of animal fiber, animal fiber will not burn readily and shrivel into a carbon residue.
Bone char (Latin: carbo animalis) is a porous, black, granular material produced by charring animal bones. Its composition varies depending on how it is made; however, it consists mainly of tricalcium phosphate (or hydroxyapatite) 57–80%, calcium carbonate 6–10% and carbon 7–10%. [1] It is primarily used for filtration and decolorisation.
Methods used to prepare the animal remains included removing all flesh from the bone by scraping, boiling and air drying the scapula by hanging up in the wind to dry. [3] The animal from which the bone was from was also ritually significant. [3] Caribou were preferred by the Innu people, as they were the main and most desirable species to be ...
Advanced meat recovery (AMR) is a slaughterhouse deboning process by which the last traces of skeletal muscle meat are removed from animal bones after the primal cuts have been carved off manually. The machinery used in this process separates meat from bone by scraping, shaving, or pressing the meat from the bone without breaking or grinding ...