The brain remains in the hide after the water evaporates, making for a supple, soft and "breathable" hide. It's an arduous process. It takes Belitz about 40 hours to make a buffalo robe and three ...
BROWNING, Mont. — Kenneth Cook used a mallet and a chisel to crack into a pig’s skull in the gravel driveway outside his home on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in northwestern Montana. Cook planned ...
Long before factories manufactured denim for blue jeans, clothes were made from animal hides treated with emulsified oils and wood smoke. Animal brains were a popular source for the emulsified oils, ...