Unfortunately we have no access to any analytical equipment.

Ann Frisina
Textile Conservator
Minnesota Historical Society
345 Kellogg Blvd. W.
St. Paul, MN 55413
651 259-3385

TSG Vice Chair 2020





On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 12:17 PM Casey Mallinckrodt <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Very interesting! Can you analyze the coating?
> Casey Mallinckrodt
> Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
>
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> On Aug 1, 2019, at 1:06 PM, Voron, Joel <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Sure looks like a spun case from a casemaking moth.
>
>
> *Joel Voron   **Colonial Williamsburg Foundation*
>
>   Conservation Dept.
>
>      Integrated Pest Management
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> *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf
> of Ann Frisina <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 1, 2019 12:55:40 PM
> *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]>
> *Subject:* [pestlist] I wanted to share this with everyone, it was a
> total surprise.
>
> I have pest activity on a jingle shirt. The garment is constructed of
> cotton fabric, and metal jingle cones. No silk, hide, or wool is applied to
> it.  Some of the tinkler cones have a webbing that encloses the interior
> perfectly.  Also found was a casing that matches the printed coating found
> on the tinkler cones. I am assuming that whatever hatched on this shirt was
> a protein eating species.
> I am assuming that sweat, salts, and proteins, are on the tinkler cone and
> that is why the larva skimmed the surface. It appears that nothing is truly
> safe from pest activity.
>
>
> Ann Frisina
> Textile Conservator
> Minnesota Historical Society
> 345 Kellogg Blvd. W.
> St. Paul, MN 55413
> 651 259-3385
>
> TSG Vice Chair 2020
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