Bassarisk skin

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Bassarisk skins

The article deals with the Bassarisk skin in its capacity as a commodity. The two species, the North American and the Central American cat frett , belonging to the family of small bears , are also called American ringtail (cat), Bassarisk or Raccoonfox , by the Spanish-speaking population Cacomixtle , Cacomiztle or Cacomistle ("cat squirrel "). Bassarisk skins are traded in the intermediate trade as Ringtailcat (not to be confused with the Ringtail-Opossum or Ringtail-Possum, see Possumfell ), the fur in the German-speaking retail trade traditionally mostly as Bassarisk. Meat is also used in Central America.

The North American cat frett lives in the United States via Baja California to Veracruz and Oaxaca in Mexico , in the 20th century the range has expanded, it now extends to Kansas and Alabama. The Central American species is native to southern Mexico down to western Panama .

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The dominant color of the fur is tan to brown, beige on top, the middle of the back (the grump ) darker, the underside and tail are lead-colored, yellowish-white, light yellow or rust-reddish. Black hair tips cause a blackish tinge on the top. From the neck to the paws, the fur has fuzzy dark bands, the characteristic long, bushy tail has six to eight or more blackish-white rings. The facial drawing is characterized by light areas around the eyes and nose; the ears are big. The upper hair is of medium length, fine and dense, the undercoat is much shorter. The length of the head body is around 30 to 50 centimeters, and the tail is roughly the same length. Central American and North American species are difficult to distinguish from one another; the Central American cat frett is slightly darker and larger.

The durability coefficient for clothing from Bassarisk is given as 40 to 50 percent. An American textbook gives the shelf life of colored Bassariskfur 50 to 60 percent, for natural colored 60 to 70 percent.

trade

Shoulder cape of a North American Indian woman made from Bassarisk skins (1903)

The fur, which is quite appealing in its structure, only found attention in the fur industry shortly after the First World War under the name Ringtailcat .

The raw fur is delivered closed, with the hair inside.

Compared to another small bear, the raccoon, there are far fewer pelts from the Bassarisk on the market. However, in contrast to raccoon fur, only the best types of fur are used. Since the Katzenfrett lives in climatically very similar areas, the coat quality is anyway not very different and the seizure of the Ones , the best grade, larger than most other types of fur. The second variety, the twos , are blue in the hair, a characteristic of the skins of animals caught very early, or stubborn and springy in the leather, the characteristic of catching in the late season. The third quality includes all those skins in which the defects are even more noticeable. The fourth quality is the undersize of very young or occasionally sick animals.

Commercial sizes of Bassarisk skins ( American Ringtail )
Come here Size designation
in inches (cm)		 colour
 XL  L
( large )		 M
( medium )		 S
( small )
California 30 (76) 27 (69) 24 (61) 22 (56) pale yellow
Texas 28 (71) 26 (66) 23 (58) 21 (53) yellow

processing

The processing of the fur essentially corresponds to that of muskrat fur . Because of the relatively small size of the Bassarisk skins, they are sewn together for coats, jackets, etc., next to and on top of each other. Unlike the muskrat dewlap and back will never be processed separately, and the skins are not suitable because of the hair structure good for cutting (two or more skins to a larger Fell into each cut), they will therefore probably not at greater lengths omitted .

Originally only used for fur linings , since the late 1960s the skins have been used mainly for trimmings , jackets and coats. They are often dyed, a popular color was mink (brown), or they were bleached. With the appropriate fashion, the pelts are also plucked, that is, the upper hair is removed during the fur refinement.

  • Companion of Mrs. Wilhelmine Lübke with Bassarisk coat (1968)

  • Natural colored coat (approx. 1984?)

  • Coats made of dyed furs, with Persian trimmings (1986)

  • Dyed fur coat (2005)

numbers

Detailed trade figures for North American tobacco products can be found at

  • Emil Brass : From the realm of fur . 1st edition, published by the "Neue Pelzwaren-Zeitung and Kürschner-Zeitung", Berlin 1911
  • Emil Brass: From the realm of fur . 2nd improved edition, publisher of the "Neue Pelzwaren-Zeitung and Kürschner-Zeitung", Berlin 1925
  • Emil Brass: From the realm of fur (1911) in the internet archive: archive.org
  • Milan Novak et al, Ministry of Natural Resources: Wild furbearer management and conservation in North America . Ontario 1987 (English). ISBN 0-7778-6086-4
  • Milan Novak et al., Ministry of Natural Resources: Furbearer Harvests in North America, 1600-1984 , Appendix to the above Wild furbearer management and conservation in North America . Ontario 1987 (English). ISBN 0-7729-3564-5
  • 1921 , in an advertisement in the New York Tribune dated December 27, 1920 by the New York Fur Auction Corporation for auction on January 27, 1921, the sale of the following domestic skins is announced:
4300 Bassarisk ("ringtail cat"), 1300 badgers , 500 bears , 20 polar bears , 2500 beavers , 35.00 Lyraskunk ("civet cat"), 16,000 domestic cats , 9,800 wild cats , 45,000 ermines , 300 fishing marten , 1,000 blue foxes , 450 cross foxes , 1,000 gray foxes 15,000 red foxes , 165 Silberfüchse , 1800 White foxes , 675 lynx , 51,000 mink , 273,000 muskrat , 5700 Blackbisam, 184,000 possums , 1178 Otter , 37,000 raccoons , 108,000 Skunkse , 19,500 wolves , 173 wolverines .
  • In 1925 Brass writes that around 30,000–50,000 skins come onto the market every year. The fur price was 3 to 5 marks.
  • In 1950 , 60,000 skins were sold in the USA.
In 1950 , the price of fur is given as 5 to 7 dollars.
  • In 1961/62 the total yield in the USA was 119,000 skins,
1962/63 103,000 skins.
  • In 1967-68 , 23,364 animals were caught in the United States, almost all of them in Texas.
  • According to Walker's Mammals of the World, 1978/79 was the peak of the fur attack with around 135,000 pelts, but has declined and in the 1991/92 season was only 5,638 pelts.
  • In 1982/83 , according to North American statistics, there were around 80,000 pelts (excluding Central America).

See also

Commons : Bassariskfelle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Clothing made from Bassarisk skins  - collection of images, videos and audio files

annotation

  1. ↑ The specified comparative values ​​( coefficients ) are the result of comparative tests by furriers and tobacco shops with regard to the degree of apparent wear and tear. The figures are ambiguous; in addition to the subjective observations of shelf life in practice, there are also influences from tanning and finishing as well as numerous other factors in each individual case. More precise information could only be determined on a scientific basis.

    The division was made in steps of 10 percent each. The most durable types of fur according to practical experience were set to 100 percent.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christian Franke / Johanna Kroll: Jury Fränkel ´s Rauchwaren-Handbuch 1988/89 . 10. revised and supplemented new edition, Rifra-Verlag Murrhardt, p. 80.
  2. ↑ Heinrich Dathe , Paul Schöps, with the collaboration of 11 specialists: Pelztieratlas . VEB Gustav Fischer Verlag Jena, 1986, pp. 155–157.
  3. ↑ Paul Schöps, H. Brauckhoff, K. Häse, Richard König , W. Straube-Daiber: The durability coefficients of fur skins. In: The fur trade . Volume XV, New Series, No. 2, Hermelin Verlag Dr. Paul Schöps, Berlin, Frankfurt a. Main / Leipzig / Vienna 1964, pp. 56–58.
  4. ↑ a b c d David G. Kaplan: World of Furs . Fairchield Publications. Inc., New York 1974, p. 156
  5. ^ A b Emil Brass : From the realm of fur . 2nd improved edition, publisher of the "Neue Pelzwaren-Zeitung and Kürschner-Zeitung", Berlin 1925, p. 45.
  6. ^ A b Max Bachrach: Fur. A Practical Treatise. Prentice-Hall, Inc., New York 1936. pp. 320–321 (Eng.)
  7. ↑ Arthur Samet: Pictorial Encyclopedia of Furs . Arthur Samet (Book Division), New York 1950, p. 316
  8. ^ Chroniclingamerica.loc.gov accessed on October 22, 2012
  9. ^ A b Friedrich Lübstorff: World production of fur skins . In: The fur trade. No. 1/2, 1953, supplement to the magazine "Hermelin", Hermelin-Verlag Dr. Paul Schöps, Berlin / Leipzig, p. 6
  10. ↑ a b c Fritz Schmidt: The book of the fur animals and fur . FC Mayer Verlag, Munich 1970, pp. 316-317.
  11. ↑ Alexander Tuma: Pelz-Lexikon. Fur and rough goods. XX. Tape. Verlag Alexander Tuma, Vienna 1950. Keyword "Katzenfrett"
  12. ^ Baran: Fur fishing in the USA 1962/63 . In: The fur trade. Vol. XVI / New Series 1965 No. 5, Hermelin-Verlag Dr. Paul Schöps, Berlin a. a., p. 233