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Tanning (leather)

technology Maturity 11-13

People make leather from animal skins.

JBS Tannery.jpg
JBS Tannery.jpg
Workers clean the skins in water. They take the hair off too. Then they use things from trees. This makes the skin very strong. Now we can make shoes and bags. Do you wear leather shoes?
Rabbit pelt tanned.jpg
Rabbit pelt tanned.jpg

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File:JBS Tannery.jpg
JBS Tannery.jpg
File:Lohgerber 1880.jpg
Lohgerber 1880.jpg
File:Mendel II 077 r.jpg
Mendel II 077 r.jpg
File:Peeling hemlock bark for tanning.jpg
Peeling hemlock bark for tanning.jpg
File:Rabbit pelt tanned.jpg
Rabbit pelt tanned.jpg
File:ManCleaningAnimalSkin.jpg
ManCleaningAnimalSkin.jpg
File:PPH Drum.jpg
PPH Drum.jpg
Possible Chromium(III) Tanning Mechanisms.tif
File:Garvat fiskskinn lax.jpg
Garvat fiskskinn lax.jpg
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📚 Content adapted from Wikipedia | Readability: FK 11.4 | Vital Level 5