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Historical Background: People have been making leather pouches since before recorded history. Leather is a generic term that is used to describe all animal hides and skins, which have been tanned and finished. The tanning process is extensive, involving numerous steps. Suede, a type of leather, is the underneath portion of a hide that results after the splitting process. This layer is much thinner than the durable top grain. Suede is normally used for garments and small leather goods, such as pouches. Tanners get their hides from cows, sheep, pigs, goats and their young. Leather can be hard and thick or soft and thin, and dyed almost any color, making the production of items numerous. Some of the more common items made from leather include shoes, belts, jackets, and gloves.

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