Hi Carol,
I am also unwilling to join archaeoseek.  For the record, I own a rubber
doll.
S. Walter
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From: "Lisa Young" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: rubber items on Archaeoseek Artifact ID Help group page


> Carol,
> I am not willing to join archeoseek at the moment, but if you want to
email
> me a couple photographs, I am a conservator who works on mostly early
> polymer materials and some later ones and I could take a look to see if
> anything rings a bell. I am always curious about the varying plastics and
> their state of preservation from excavations, as there is not much
research
> into their degradation-being so "modern" and all.  I am not sure of the
date
> of your site, context, feature or strata--sorry, I wasn't following all
> this, but that should give you an idea of whether or not you have
> "rubberized" cloth which can date as early as 1842 and thereabouts. It was
> used extensively in the civil war and was marked and painted often.
>
> Best,
> Lisa Young
> Alexandria Conservation Services,ltd.
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>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Meli Diamanti" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 2:21 PM
> Subject: Re: rubber items on Archaeoseek Artifact ID Help group page
>
>
> > Carol,
> > As an Archaeoseek member, I can go straight to your specific posting.
But
> > the problem is that the url is so long it is broken into two text lines
in
> > your Histarch email, and my computer only recognizes the first line as
the
> > address.  So I can't go just by clicking on it.  I have to copy and
paste
> > the first line into the address box on my internet browser, then copy
and
> > paste the section that fell on the second line onto the end of the
> > address.  Is there a way to get rid of the line break that is causing
> > this, either at your sending end or my receiving end?
> > Meli Diamanti
> >
> >
> >
> > Carol Serr wrote:
> >> I just posted more odd stuff I need help IDing (but the link may not
> >> work until Anita OKs the posting/photos).
> >>
http://archaeoseek.ning.com/group/artifactidhelp/forum/topic/show?id=578
> >> 807%3ATopic%3A9426
> >>
<http://archaeoseek.ning.com/group/artifactidhelp/forum/topic/show?id=57
> >> 8807%3ATopic%3A9426> Sorry about the poor image quality.     Hard to
get
> >> the true colors to
> >> show, also.
> >>  We have numerous pieces of what appear to be dessicated/curled
> >> rubberized cloth??  Note 'weave' texture on piece in upper right
(turned
> >> over).
> >>  The outer surface was painted with bright colors in geometric forms;
> >> solid pink in some portions, but then diamonds and bands of mottled
> >> (leopard skin like?) yellow, brown, and some white...then other larger
> >> diamond patches of tan background with white dots (mottled), with dark
> >> green leaves (?) outlined in black in the center (?).  Sound familiar
to
> >> anyone?  Any ideas?
> >> - - -
> >>  Were there rubber doll heads?  Or, rubber balls with faces on them?
We
> >> have a dessicated, squished fragment of a face - that looks like it had
> >> a 'bonnet' on...since there is a line bordering the face...rather than
> >> hair.  ??  Sort of eerie to find this Looking at you when cleaning
> >> artifacts.
> >>  Thanks for your help.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >