North American Aboriginal hide tanning : the act of transformation and revival / Morgan Baillargeon.

"The research for this book began in the early 1980s when brain tanned hide was already very difficult to obtain, very expensive, and Aboriginal hide tanners were difficult to find in Central Alberta. From 1989 to 1991 the author, Morgan Baillargeon, began interviewing as many hide tanners as he cou...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Mercury series.
Ethnology paper ; 146.
Main Author: Baillargeon, Morgan
Corporate Author: Canadian Museum of Civilization
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Includes abstract in French.
Published: Gatineau, Québec : Canadian Museum of Civilization, ©2011, [2010]
Series:Mercury series.
Ethnology paper ; 146.
Subjects:
Tanning.
Tanning > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Tanning > Pictorial works.
Indigenous leatherwork.
Hides and skins.
Tanners > Canada.
Tanners > United States.
Tannage.
Tannage > Guides, manuels, etc.
Tannage > Ouvrages illustrés.
Maroquinerie indienne d'Amérique.
Cuirs et peaux.
Tanneurs > Canada.
Tanneurs > États-Unis.
Genre:
Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Pictorial works.
Guides, manuels, etc.
Ouvrages illustrés.
Physical Description:ix, 144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm.
Format: Government Document Book

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