Saturday, September 15, 2018

Mounting a Wolf, 1947












From the archives of The American Museum of Natural History

Bones and skin were once kept from the same animal, with the bones articulated and "fleshed" with plaster or clay from which a paper mache form was made, over which the skin was stretched. 

Today, foam forms are generally used and shaved down or (occasionally) bulked up

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