Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
Unhairing knife
unhairing knife
The hides were placed in lime pits of varying strengths to loosen the epidermis and the fats and flesh that adhered to the corium. The hair was then removed using a blunt bladed unhairing knife, curved to fit the convex surface of the beam on which the hide was placed. The hair was not discarded but sold to plasteres and stone masons as an essential constituent of mortar.
Pwnc
Bywyd Gwerin
Rhif yr Eitem
68.121.293
Derbyniad
Donation
Mesuriadau
Meithder
(mm): 715
Lled
(mm): 70
Dyfnder
(mm): 38
Lleoliad
St Fagans Tannery : Beamhouse
Caiff Casgliadau Arlein ei ddiweddaru yn rheolaidd, ond gwnewch yn si’r bod eitem yn dal i gael ei arddangos cyn ymweld yn arbennig.
Nid yw sylwadau ar gael ar hyn o bryd. Ymddiheuriadau am yr anghyfleustra.