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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 823640, member: 8267&quot;]I agree with the probable Athabaskan identification - interior western Canada.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Elk would be a good choice for hard wearing gloves, but the color has more to do with whether the hide was smoked or not during the tanning process. Smoking involved making a tent of the hide over a small smudgy fire. It increases the hide&#039;s water resistance by introducing tannins from the wood, and different colors could be achieved by using different types of wood. The thickness of the hide would be a good guide to the species used - moose, buffalo and cow being thicker than elk, which is thicker than deer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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