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Show Indians Expert Tanners Few animals have escaped the experimenting ex-perimenting itch of the tanner. North American Indians are reported report-ed to have preserved the skins of 150 different species of animals. Even the skins of the seal, walrus, ostrich, alligator, snake, frog and shark have been tanned commercially. commer-cially. Bird and rodent skins are usually too small and fragile for wear. A morbid historical reference refer-ence also excludes human skin from commercial tanning, although there is evidence that the weird ritual ritu-al has been performed. In 1829 the skin of the murderer William Burke was preserved after his execution exe-cution in Scotland. |