Abstract: An apparatus and a method for fixating a stretched pelt on a pelt board by means of a tubular plastics sleeve, which two outwardly extending flanges. The pelt has a substantially tubular shape, which defines an inwardly orientated leather side, an outwardly orientated fur side, a nose end and a rear end. The pelt board defines a top end for accommodating and fixating the nose end of the pelt, a circumferential wall for facing the inwardly orientated leather side of the pelt and a base end located opposite the top end. The apparatus comprises a holding device for holding the base end of the pelt board, and further comprises a fixating device which has a pair of gripping members.