The large goat rawhide (approximately 5 to 6 square feet) 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.  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.  We measured three skins at random and came up with the following size guidelines.  The length from the shoulders to the legs averages about 35".  The narrowest width is between the shoulders and is about 19.5" to 22.5".

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. 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.

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.

Product of Peru