North American Aboriginal hide tanning : the act of transformation and revival / [by] Morgan Baillargeon.: NM24-26/2010E
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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| Title | North American Aboriginal hide tanning : the act of transformation and revival / [by] Morgan Baillargeon. |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Physical text |
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| Binding | Softcover |
| Description | ix, 144p. : illus., references, photographs ; 28 cm. |
| ISBN | 978-0-660-19969-6 |
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