Goatskin (material)

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Goatskin is the skin of a goat, or the leather made from it.

The skin is commonly used to make rugs. The leather is considered extremely durable and is often used for gloves, drumheads or sounding boards of some musical instruments, e.g, esraj.

In 1974, there was a great controversy in America surrounding goatskin products originating in Haiti [1]. The Center for Disease Control discovered that some of these products contained deadly anthrax spores. All Haitian goatskin products in America were recalled, and no fatalities were recorded.