Nigeria ✓ Verified craft Tanning and leatherwork
Kano leatherwork
Tanned and dyed goat leather from the historic tanneries of Kano, made into bags and cushions.
Goat skinLeather Hand finishingEmbroidery
Kano has exported leather for centuries. 'Morocco leather' may have originated partly from Hausa tanneries in Sokoto, Katsina and Kano, through trans-Saharan trade networks. Tanners use natural tanning agents (bagaruwa pods), and leatherworkers cut, dye and embroider the hides.
Goat skin
How Kano leatherwork makers source and prepare Goat skin — detail arrives with the client's day-15 content batch.
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Leather
How Kano leatherwork makers source and prepare Leather — detail arrives with the client's day-15 content batch.
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