43763
Accession Number
26988
Author
Rahme, Lotta
Title Of Article Chaper
Traditional tanning and skin sewing
Title Of Journal Book
Leather conservation news
Volume
7
Issue
1
Pages
44200
Collation
4 line drawings, 2 b&w photos.
Reference Bibliography
bibliog.
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
The article details the processes used in manufacturing a reproduction semitanned skin dress for use in an exhibit on life during the Upper Palaeolithic period in northern Europe. The dress will be placed on a mannequin based on the size of a skeleton found near Skane, Sweden, with a carbon-14 date of ca. 5000 BC. Due to a lack of well-preserved leather and skin objects from the Mesolithic/Palaeolithic periods, the preparation and tanning methods used were borrowed from those used by Native Americans. The tanning is completely done by hand and uses the animal's brains, fish oil, and spruce bark smoke to produce a soft, supple, water-resistant hide. The production of seamless shoes, i.e., moccasins, is also described.
Keywords
tanning;skin;sewing;reproductions;leatherworking;exhibitions; Upper Paleolithic;Europe (Northern);costume;Sweden (Skane);5000 BC; leather; Mesolithic;Paleolithic
pub_id
43763