North American Aboriginal hide tanning : the act of transformation and revival / [by] Morgan Baillargeon. : NM24-26/2010E
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Explores the relationship between Aboriginal peoples and big game animals killed for food, and for the tanned leather they produce from the hides. Hide-tanning recipes from 13 tanners are included, as are step-by-step instructions on how to tan moose, buffalo, deer, elk and caribou hide, using traditional North American Aboriginal tanning techniques. A number of experimental techniques involving traditional and non-traditional tools made of bone, stone, shell and wood are also discussed at length.
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Department/Agency | Canada. Canadian Museum of Civilization. |
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Title | North American Aboriginal hide tanning : the act of transformation and revival / [by] Morgan Baillargeon. |
Publication type | Monograph |
Language | [English] |
Format | Paper |
Publishing information | Gatineau - Quebec : Canadian Museum of Civilization c2010. |
Binding | Softcover |
Description | ix, 144p. : illus., references, photographs ; 28 cm. |
ISBN | 978-0-660-19969-6 |
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Subject terms | Aboriginal culture |
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