| RefNo | CLP/3ii/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'The method the Indians in Virginia and Carolina use to dress buck and doe-skins' by unknown author |
| Date | [1691] |
| Description | The author describes a method of dressing deerskins used by female Indigenous Americans in Virginia and the Carolinas. The method involves boiling the skins with melted and dried brains of the deer and then stretching them to dry.
Subject: Trade
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'The method the Indians in Virginia and Carolina use to dress buck and doe-skins; as it was communicated to the Royal Society by the Honourable Sir Robert Southwell, Knt. their President'
Communicated by Robert Southwell. Read to the Royal Society on 7 October 1691. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1686.0099
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 16, no 194, p 532 (1686) |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8282 | Southwell; Sir; Robert (1635 - 1702); diplomat and government official | 1635 - 1702 |