Description

Moose skin is the most durable material for the manufacture of mittens and moccasins. The labourious preparation of the skin involves removing the hair and flesh, scraping the skin to an even thickness, soaking in water, rubbing in a mixture of brains and fish livers, beating and scraping to make the fibres pliable, and finally smoking the skin. Six to eight pairs of mittens can be made from a single moose skin.