One thing you can do is be creative with tissue paper, polyethylene book
straps, and polyethylene foam boards and thin sheeting.  If you can drill
into the walls, you could use those materials to act as buffers between the
wall mounting and the artifacts.  Fishing line can be used to suspend
artifacts, as long as the artifacts are safely balanced and the line is
padded out to prevent it from slowly cutting into the artifact; nylon does
deteriorate over time, so it would have to be replaced at some point in the
future.  Polyethylene straps would be good to use for lighter artifacts as
they are mostly transparent, and are sold in long spools.  They can also
add extra security to artifacts resting on wall mountings.  Fabrics that
pass the Oddy Test (http://www.conservation-wiki.
com/wiki/Oddy_Test_Results:_Exhibition_Fabrics) can be used to disguise the
mountings and any foam.

Michael Rebman

On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Domeischel, Jenna <
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> Hi all,
>
>
> I'm the curator of a small archaeological museum. We're trying to
> ​​
> figure out an archivally responsible, relatively inexpensive, DIY way to
> hang some difficult objects. These include cradle boards, bows and arrows,
> spears, and a shield cover. Ideally, we would like to hang these directly
> onto the wall, as we are going for a complete coverage look in our new
> space. (We've been renovating for a year.) However, we haven't yet figured
> out how to do this without 1. damaging the object, or 2. spending more
> money than we can afford on our extremely limited move budget.
>
>
> Another consideration is that we are trying not to do anything in our new
> space that would keep us from moving towards accreditation in the next 5-7
> years.
>
>
> Anyone dealt with these types of objects/problems/considerations before?
> We would appreciate any help or advice we can get!
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> ​
>
> Jenna Domeischel
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