Goatskin (material)

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Finished parchment made of goatskin stretched on a wooden frame
Goat skins

Goatskin refers to the skin of a goat, which by long term usage, is denoted by the term Morocco leather.[1] Kidskin, used for gloves, shoes and other accessories, is traditionally goatskin, although other leathers such as sheep and kangaroo can be used to make kid.[2][3]

Victorian times, are still made today. It has been a major material for leather bookbindings for centuries, and the oldest European binding, that of the St Cuthbert Gospel in the British Library is in red goatskin. Goatskin is used for a traditional Spanish container for wine bota bag (or called goatskin). Traditional kefir
was made in bags from goatskin.

Non-tanned goatskin is used for parchment or for drumheads or sounding boards of some musical instruments, e.g., mišnice in medieval Europe, bodhrán in Ireland, esraj in India and for instrumental drum skin named bedug in Indonesia.

In Roman mythology priests of god Lupercalia wore goatskins.[4]

A breed of goat that provides high-quality skin is for example the Black Bengal breed, native to Bangladesh.

In 1974, there was controversy in the

Centers for Disease Control discovered that some of these products contained deadly anthrax
spores. All Haitian goatskin products in the USA were recalled, although no fatalities were reported.

Gallery

  • Goatskin and sealskin jacket (1902)
    Goatskin and sealskin jacket (1902)
  • Water reservoir in Algeria
    Water reservoir in Algeria
  • Water reservoir in Mauritania
    Water reservoir in Mauritania
  • Kid skins
    Kid skins
  • Cut for a goatskin 'coachman collar' (1895)
    Cut for a goatskin 'coachman collar' (1895)

See also

References

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  1. ^ "Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology". Cool.conservation-us.org. 2011-11-19. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
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  4. ^ "LacusCurtius • Roman Religion — The Lupercalia (Smith's Dictionary, 1875)". Penelope.uchicago.edu. 2003-02-14. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
  5. ^ "Goatskin Products from Haiti Anthrax Warning". Cpsc.gov. Archived from the original on 2013-01-09. Retrieved 2013-01-12.


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