Jo: You’re right - some brands of modeling clay definitely will leave greasy spots on dried skulls. You might try something called museum putty/gel (which is different from “museum wax”). It comes in small containers and is inexpensive enough that it won’t be a big loss if you try it and it doesn’t work out. I haven’t used it myself.
If you try it, I would recommend fixing a single skull in place and doing a small series of repeated measurement trials throughout the course of a day, just to make sure it doesn’t creep and introduce measurement error you can’t control. http://www.containerstore.com/shop/collections/display/cubesCases?productId=10007847 Good luck, Tim Cole From: Jo Gooding [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2015 10:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MORPHMET] Method to stabilise skulls? Dear all, I'm about to start collecting 3D data from a sample of modern human skulls using a Microscribe. I wondered if anyone could recommend the best material/method to keep the skulls completely immobile while taking measurements? I thought modelling clay would be good, but worried it could leave a greasy residue. Many thanks Jo -- Joanna Gooding MSc Student Palaeobiology and Biodiversity Research Group School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol -- MORPHMET may be accessed via its webpage at http://www.morphometrics.org To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. -- MORPHMET may be accessed via its webpage at http://www.morphometrics.org To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected].
