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Rawhide is simply animal skin that has been scraped clean of hair and fat, washed and dried. It is not tanned, so when dry it is hard as wood, but when wet it becomes supple and expands in size.
Rawhide from a buffalo's neck and shoulders was the thickest available and was made into shields. Slowly dried over a low fire, it would become even thicker and tougher - enough to deflect enemy arrows.
Rawhide was used for the soles of moccasins by many tribes; others made soft-soled moccasins that would wear out much more quickly.
Strips of rawhide could be used to secure things together; applied when wet, the strips shrink and harden as they dry, forming a very tight and durable bond without the use of any glue. Stone-headed hammers and war clubs were made using this technique.
Rawhide was sometimes used for "visors" (particularly on the northern Plains) to keep the glare of the sun out of a man's eyes.
Some containers (called "parfleches") were made of rawhide, in cylindrical, envelope or box shapes for storing clothes, headdresses and medicine items.
There were many other uses.
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The thick, strong rawhide from buffalo was used to make moccasin soles (among those tribes that made two-piece moccasins); the thickest hide from the neck and shoulders of a buffalo bull made war shields; rawhide lacing held the stone heads of hammers and berry mashers on their wooden handles; some tribes made snowshoes with rawhide lacing; containers shaped like envelopes or cylinders with closed ends were made of rawhide to contain food, clothing and sacred objects - these containers are today called parfleches. Rawhide strips could be braided into rope; wooden saddle trees were covered with rawhide and a layer of soft-tanned hide; rawhide strips held the tipi support poles together; some tribes such as the Plains Cree made sun visors of rawhide; the rattles used by Holy men could be made of rawhide; rawhide was stretched across wooden frames to make drums; some north-western tribes made horse "sandals" of rawhide to protect the hooves of their ponies; knife sheaths, horse quirts, belts and many other items were made of rawhide. Finally, rawhide could be boiled to make a strong hide glue.
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