Show indians expert tanners few animals have escaped the experimenting peri itch of the tanner north american indians are reported to have hare preserved the tha skins sidna of different species of animals even the skins of the seal beal walrus ostrich alligator snake frog and shark have bien been tanned commercially bird and rodent skins are usually too small and fragile tor for wear A morbid historical reference enc i also excludes human skin from commercial tanning alth although u g h there is evidence that the v weird ird ritual it has beeri been performed an in 1829 the skin 0 athe the marder ir william B urke burke was preserve preserved dafter after his axe execution in ia scotland |