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Title: The American Museum of Natural History : an introduction
Identifier: ammuseintro00amer (<a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&fulltext=Search&search=insource%3A%2Fammuseintro00amer%2F">find matches</a>)
Year: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?tags=bookyear1972">1972</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?tags=bookdecade1970">1970s</a>)
Authors: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?tags=bookauthorAmerican_Museum_of_Natural_History">American Museum of Natural History</a>
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cast by the light bulbs and to paint in the shadows where the sun would cast them. No wonder an accurate record of the site is necessary! The mounted animals are generally installed toward completion of the group, unless they are near the back of the terrain, with plant life partially obscuring them. Only birds and small mammals are mounted by putting their skins on artificial bodies made of wrapped excelsior (the method incorrectly referred to as "stuffing"). The larger mammals are mounted on mannikins, using the sculpture technique pioneered by Carl Akeley. The basic skeleton is reinforced by a wood and wire framework that can pose the animal in the position desired. After the skin or hide is carefully removed, the flesh and muscles are replaced by watered clay, sculptured over the skeleton. The clay is shaped to match the muscles, tendons, ribs, and prominent veins, as if the animal had just lost its skin. When the statue is finished, a plaster mold is made from the clay figure. From this mold a hollow mannikin cast is made, upon which the hide is to be placed.
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Working on a clay model of an Alaskan brown bear for the Hall of North American Mammals (First Floor, Section 13). 33

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