Original caption: “Mounting Timber Wolf-Burlap, saturated in liquid plaster of paris is used to cover skeleton to form a base or armature on which to model in clay.”

American Museum of Natural History Library / Picturing the Museum: “Display case showing detail of The Skeleton from Fish to Man (III)”, photo by Allen, 1932, New York, NY.

American Museum of Natural History Library / Picturing the Museum: “Museum workman posing with Mastadon skeleton mounted for display”, photo by A.E. Anderson, date unknown, New York, NY.

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