This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Now that this has come up, it seems to me that users of the web site would benefit from some photos of damage and frass. Barbara Appelbaum
On Mar 8, 2012, at 9:32 PM, Ellen Pearlstein wrote: > This is a message from the Museumpests List. > To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net > To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Claire! > > Boy do I "get" this question! > > I am not sure whether you have seen the ppt prepared by the Carrlees about > Alaskan baskets, but I thought, pending their permission, the attached image > might be helpful. Further, the insect diagrams available through the > Museumpests.net website might be helpful just to identify the insects, but > not the damage. > > Best to you! > > Ellen > > From: jclaired...@gmail.com > Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 13:52:09 -0800 > Subject: Re: [pestlist] photo needed > To: pestlist@museumpests.net > > This is a message from the Museumpests List. > To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net > To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Bronwyn: > > Many thanks for the offer, but I really need to use an image of something > that is culturally familiar to the folks these signs are aimed at - that is > Pacific Northwest Native Americans. > > One of my biggest challenges when working with Native communities, and > especially those for whom the whole museum world is a new experience, is > making museum and collections rules relevant to their day-to-day cultural > environment. A photo of a Northwest coast object being chewed by bugs > underlined with a few carefully chosen words will have far more impact than > the typical "DO NOT EAT AND DRINK IN THE MUSEUM" or "NO FOOD AND DRINK" signs > have. > > Thanks again - if I ever need to make signs for an African collection I will > let you know, > > Claire > > > > On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Bronwyn Eves <be...@museum.state.il.us> wrote: > This is a message from the Museumpests List. > To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net > To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Claire, I have an image of an African fertility figure (wood) with some > "good?" insect damage that happened before it came to our museum. Please > contact me at be...@museum.state.il.us if you are interested. > > Bronwyn Eves > Illinois State Museum > > > On 3/8/2012 1:47 PM, J Claire Dean wrote: > This is a message from the Museumpests List. > To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net > To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Dear All: > > I am in the process of making new bug awareness signs for a client to use in > a tribal museum here in the Pacific Northwest. I have found that very > official/authoritarian signage does not go down well here (not that it does > anywhere) and that visual hints have far more impact than words. > > My new signage has been inspired by a format I saw in use at the Pitt Rivers > Museum last year which I thought was particularly good (please see bad mobile > phone captured photograph below). > > I am in need of a photograph of insect damage to an object or material that I > can use in my version, in particular something recognizable to folks in the > Pacific Northwest. Maybe some basketry? I do not have such an image and I'm > hoping that you folks might be able to help out. I will need a photo that I > can reproduce and display in public and non-public areas (photo credit will > of course be included). > > Any help would be most gratefully accepted. > > Thanks, > > Claire > > > J. Claire Dean > Conservator > > Dean & Associates Conservation Services > 3438 NE 62nd Avenue > Portland, Oregon 97213 > USA > Tel: 503-331-1972 > E-mail: jclaired...@gmail.com > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net > > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and > in the subject put: > "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. > > You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. > To change to the DIGEST mode send an > email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: > > set mode digest pestlist > > Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com > > -- > Bronwyn Eves > Project Manager > Illinois Collections Preservation Network > Illinois State Museum Society > Phone 217-524-0498 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net > > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and > in the subject put: > "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. > > You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. > To change to the DIGEST mode send an > email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: > > set mode digest pestlist > > Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net > > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and > in the subject put: > "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. > > You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. > To change to the DIGEST mode send an > email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: > > set mode digest pestlist > > Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net > > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and > in the subject put: > "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. > > You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. > To change to the DIGEST mode send an > email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: > > set mode digest pestlist > > Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com <carrlee. insect > damage on wool decoration on an Alaskan basket.pptx> Appelbaum & Himmelstein 444 Central Park West New York, NY 10025 212-666-4630 (voice) 212-316-1039 (fax) aa...@mindspring.com website: aandhconservation.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. 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