Moroccan & Hausa leatherwork

Africa tradition · 5 examples · indicative market tier: Under $500 (entry level & living craft)

Morocco leather (also known as Levant, the French Maroquin, Turkey, or German Saffian from Safi, a Moroccan town famous for leather) is a vegetable-tanned leather known for its softness, pliability, and ability to take color. It has been widely used in the manufacture of gloves and the uppers of ladies' shoes and men's low cut shoes, but is commonly associated with wallets, linings for fine luggage, and bookbindings. Despite its name, Morocco was typically not the original source of the leather. Wikipedia →

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