Morocco leather [muh-rok-oh]  

Morocco leather

  [muh-rok-oh]
Made from sheepskin, morocco leather is dyed red on the grain side and then tanned by hand to bring up the grain in a bird's-eye pattern.

Alternate forms are also made of goatskin

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