Project 365, #50: Mongoose Skull.

My latest taxidermy-ish project: a mongoose skull!

Dad found it the farm a while ago, stripped of flesh and stained with dirt. I carefully brushed it off under water, let it dry, then soaked it in hydrogen peroxide for several hours until it stopped reacting and had reached a color I liked. Then I let it dry completely again, and did any glue-fixes it needed. In this case that meant putting the jaw back together, securing one of the front teeth, and reattaching one of the cheekbones that had popped off when I cleaned it. It’s drying from that in this photo, and then I’ll use watered-down glue to seal the whole thing. Once that dries, it’s done and will be added to my pagan alter!