June 5, 2011

Two goat hides were obtained from Sudlersville Frozen Meat Locker, a butchery in Sudlersville, Maryland. Sudlersville is located approximately an hour from Newark, Delaware (where the University of Delaware is located). Goat hides were chosen for this project because their hides are thinner than those of cows and pigs and therefore tan quicker. We considered local hides to be more desirable than hides that could be obtained online because they did not have to be shipped and because the treatments done to the hides could be more easily obtained. The hides were frozen to preserve them for the weekend.

These are the hides we received from Sudlersville Frozen Meat Locker.