Hi Katie Daniel Cull, a colleague of mine from National Museum of American Indian did much of his research on "freezing" drums. Here's a link to his paper.
http://www.nmai.si.edu/collections/files/Mechanical_Behavior_of%20Animal_Hides_at_Low_Temperatures.pdf Here is some other work done at NMAI http://cool.conservation-us.org/coolaic/jaic/articles/jaic42-02-002_indx.html Anne Anne Kingery Project Conservator George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Appelbaum & Himmelstein < [email protected]> wrote: > I suggest you look on Museumpests.net for more information on freezing > before you rule it out. Ethno and natural history conservators have frozen > huge collection* en masse* and not found any problems with things that > many people were dubious about, including hide drums and lots of wood. > Barbara Appelbaum > > -- > > Appelbaum & Himmelstein > 444 Central Park West > New York, NY 10025 > Conservation of Works of Art > 212-666-4630 > [email protected] > www.AandHconservation.org >
