Humidification

The Society's collection of Native American material includes
several pairs of moccasins that have completely dried out during
the last century.  I have placed one pair in our home-made humidity
chamber and after several rotations, the pair softened up quite a
bit.  However, once out of the chamber the pair quickly harden
again.  I would appreciate any suggestions on anything we can do to
prevent the pair from hardening again.

Neil O'Donnell
Anthropologist
Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society


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                  Conservation DistList Instance 13:50
                 Distributed: Wednesday, April 5, 2000
                       Message Id: cdl-13-50-015
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