Dear Bingley: I didn't post the source as it was a long article about the Inuit, and it would have been hard to find where I took the few sentences. I was just looking for description of the women preparing the pelts for tanning. The Inuit used to use urine to tan leather. I have never found details. A friend of mine had a very expensive Inuit made parka, with wolverine fur about face, which has unusual property of not icing up from breath. His wife threw it away because of the odor. Some women don't appreciate the finer things of life.