Sealskin

Sealskin is the skin of a seal which has been hunted.

Seal skins have been used by aboriginal people for millennia to make waterproof jackets and boots, and seal fur to make fur coats. Sailors used to have tobacco pouches made from sealskin. Canada, Greenland, Norway, Russia and Namibia all export sealskin. It was traditionally used to make Scottish sporrans.

The indigenous Inuit people argue that banning seal products is detrimental to their way of life.^[1] However, there are many objections to the use of seal skin, fur and pelts, and it is illegal to hunt seals in many countries, particularly young seals. The value of global sealskin exports in 2006 was over 16 million Canadian dollars.^[2]

References

↑ "Inuit loophole for sealskin sporrans". BBC News Online. 20 September 2010.
↑ "Seal pelts. Who buys them and how are they used?". Harpseals.org. External link in |publisher= (help)

Leather

Types	Aniline Bicast Boiled Bonded Buckskin Braintanned Calfskin Chamois Chromexcel Corinthian Kidskin Law leather Morocco Nappa Nubuck Ostrich Patent Parchment Rawhide Sealskin Shagreen Shell cordovan Suede

Leather sources	Alligator Bison Cattle Deer Eel Goat Hog Kangaroo Ostrich Seal Sheep Yak

Processes	Deliming Liming Oiling Tanning

Fabrication	Leather carving Leather crafting British Museum leather dressing

Substitutes	Alcantara Artificial leather Naugahyde Poromeric Presstoff Ultrasuede

Leather museums	German Leather Museum Igualada Leather Museum Walsall Leather Museum Leather Archives and Museum British Museum leather dressing

Companies	Horween Leather Company

Related	History of hide materials Leather Archives and Museum Leather subculture

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