Pig bladder
A pig bladder or pig's bladder is the
Traditional uses
The pig bladder has several traditional ceremonial uses in Europe. It is traditional during the festival
In traditional Germanic communities a public
Historical uses
Historically the pig bladder was used in sports, as the airtight membrane ("bladder") inside a
For centuries before the invention of the paint tube, artists used to store their paints in pig bladders. When the artist was ready to use the paint, they would puncture a hole in the bladder and squeeze out the desired amount of paint. They would have to mend the hole when finished and the whole process was quite messy. [1] The oil paint tube was invented in 1841, as the primary packaging of paints for transport and storage.[2]
In the bian lian ("face changing") style of Chinese opera, painted pig bladders were used as face masks.
See also
- Artificial urinary bladder
- Balloon
- Bladder pipe
- Bumbass
- Rubber chicken
- Terry Dicks
- German cuisine
- Spanish cuisine
- The medical technology company ACell is developing extracellular matrix products derived from pig bladder.