The goat rawhide is thin and therefore ideal for making smaller hand drums, lamp shades, and craft projects.  The pieces are very clean and are not full of holes.  The weight varies somewhat from skin to skin.  If you need a very thin piece or a heavier piece, let us know.  Also, there is variation in the hides from light to dark, so that some of the natural hides may look bleached. We will do our best to accommodate small quantities.  For orders of six or more skins, the rawhide will be shipped as a run with varying weights.   

The length of the large goat rawhide (approximately 5 to 6 square feet) averages about 38".  The narrowest width is between the shoulders and is about 19.5" to 22.5". The width across the middle is about 25". One extra large skin we measured at random was 43” long by 29” wide across the top, 33.5” wide across the middle, and 40” wide across the bottom.  Another was 47" long and 29" across the middle.  

The bleached goat rawhide does not have hair on and is ideal for making furniture, lamp shades, drums, and other craft projects.  It is a nice white.  Bleached rawhide is a slightly heavier weight than regular rawhide.

We also can offer hair-on goat rawhide.  This is ideally suited to making African hand drums.

Rawhide is also referred to as parchment or vellum.

The goat rawhide comes rolled.  Individual pieces are shipped in heavy, cardboard tubes.  For large orders (minimum 100 pieces), it is possible to offer the rawhide and bleached rawhide flat in boxes instead of rolled.  This is a custom order item.  Please allow 6-8 weeks for shipments of flat rawhide.

Genus and species: Capra hircus.

Goats are not an endangered species.  The skins are a by-product of the food industry.  The goats are not killed just for their skins.

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