Celtically Primal Hands
  • Home
  • Whats New!!!
  • Hoop Dancing and Flow Arts
    • Hoop Dancing
    • Hoop Craft
  • CPH Sustainability Practices
  • Contact CPH - Support CPH
  • Glass Etching
    • About the Nature
    • Blank Canvases
    • Primal Etchings
    • War of the Stars
  • Reenactment Lifestyles
  • Armor Smithing
    • Coat of Plates Pt. 1
    • Coat of Plates Pt. 2
    • Helmets
    • Shields and Sticks
  • Paper Scraps
    • Crafts of Paper
    • Greeting Cards
  • Sprite Stitch
  • Tanning Hides
  • Wood Working
  • GIS Projects
  • Cartography
  • CADD Projects
  • Set - Interior Designer
  • Set - Stage Design
  • CP's Top Shot Photography
  • Celtically Primals Plog
  • Scavenging
  • Land Restoration Projects
    • New Unit Launch
    • Land Restoration Projects
    • Land Restoration Projects
    • Land Restoration Projects
  • CPH Gardening Projects
  • GIS Database Development

Hide Tanning


There is a scene in Dances with Wolves where the main character, John Dunbar takes part in a Buffalo Hunt with the Lakota Indian Tribe. Together they witness the aftermath of a massacre. Freshly skinned carcass' of an entire herd of buffalo, meat and bones left untouched. Fur being the only desired resource. In the context of the film, the purpose of this scene is to show how out of balance the "pioneering whites” are with nature.

The Native Americans lived a life of minimal waste, honoring the kill they took for personal survival. A deer just wasn’t slain for its mass and antler bragging rights; some of the bones made perfect scraping tools, while others were carved and used as musical instruments and combs. In addition the hide was tanned to be made into clothing, or bedding. 

Trying to get back to a minimalistic/ natural lifestyle Celtically Primal decided to try my hand at the tanning process.

***Look back for more pictures and a walk-through to be posted as a skill share Plog in the future***   
Proudly powered by Weebly