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    consensus. › Ostrich leather is the result of tanning skins taken from African ostriches farmed for their feathers, skin and meat. The leather is distinctive...
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    produces about 70% of global ostrich products, with the industry largely centered around the town of Oudtshoorn. Ostrich leather is a lucrative commodity...
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    The New York Times by Charles Curkin was published about the use of ostrich leather by luxury fashion brands and the brutal methods by which it is removed...
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    for their feathers in the 19th century, ostriches are now more popular for both meat and leather. Ostrich leather has a characteristic "goose bump" look...
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    The common ostrich (Struthio camelus), or simply ostrich, is a species of flightless bird native to certain large areas of Africa. It is one of two extant...
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  • hunting Bating (leather) Buckskin (usually from deer) Calfskin Caribou Crocodile farming Deerskin Fish leather Goatskin Leather Ostrich leather Rawhide (usually...
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    Artificial leather, also called synthetic leather, is a material intended to substitute for leather in upholstery, clothing, footwear, and other uses where...
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    Ostrich farming in North America refers to the practice of breeding, raising, and managing ostriches for their meat, feathers, leather, oil, and other...
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    The Arabian ostrich (Struthio camelus syriacus), Syrian ostrich, or Middle Eastern ostrich is an extinct subspecies of the ostrich that lived on the Arabian...
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    Outeniqua Mountains to the south. Dubbed the "ostrich capital of the world", Oudtshoorn is known for its ostrich-feather booms, during 1865–1870 and 1900–1914...
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    ostrich (Struthio camelus australis), also known as the black-necked ostrich, Cape ostrich or southern ostrich is a subspecies of the common ostrich endemic...
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    Hermès (category Leather manufacturers)
    electrocution. A Kelly bag Exotic leathers of the bags make them highly valuable and noticeable, e.g., ostrich leather A Birkin bag Since 1951, the company...
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  • guitar, an unconventional guitar tuning scheme Ostrich leather Ostrich Media, a British company Ostrich people, the Vadoma or Wadoma people from the west...
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    Harley's "Screamin' Eagle" branded parts, hand-painted pinstripes, ostrich leather on seats and trunks, gold leaf incorporated in the paint, and electronic...
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    The Masai ostrich (Struthio camelus massaicus), also known as the East African ostrich is a red-necked subspecies variety of the common ostrich and is endemic...
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    in the ostrich feather market, but the industry recovered in later years, when not only the feathers were sought after, but also ostrich leather, and its...
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    is famous for its ostrich farming, initially, in the late 1800s, for their feathers, but today includes ostrich leather and ostrich meat, which is very...
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  • shawl Organ shoes Organdy Organic clothing Organic cotton Organza Ostrich leather Ottoman (textile) Ottoman clothing Outerwear Oven glove Over-the-knee...
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    adhered to. Preferring natural materials whenever possible, such as ostrich leather in the Narn body armor, Bruice combined and layered fabrics as diverse...
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    Birkin bag (category Leather goods)
    encrusting. The bag comes in a variety of hides, such as calf leather, lizard, and ostrich. Among the most expensive used to be saltwater crocodile skin...
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  • and as decorations, while ostrich skin is used to produce leather. Eggs cost 500 pesos (US$11) apiece, providing to one ostrich farming business an annual...
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    Crocodile skin either refers to the skin of a live crocodile or a leather made from dead crocodile hide. It has multiple applications across the fashion...
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    twenty feet of film. Special Editions of the Model B were released with ostrich leather covering the camera body and carrying case. Production of Model A ceased...
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  • made from such exotic materials as crocodile leather, ostrich leather, python skin and stingray leather. Laser engraving is used to apply the company...
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    REE-əz), also known as ñandus (/njænˈduːz/ nyan-DOOZ) or South American ostrich, are moderately sized South American ratites (flightless birds without...
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    third-tallest living bird after its African ratite relatives, the common ostrich and Somali ostrich. The emu's native ranges cover most of the Australian mainland...
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    Kelly bag (category Leather goods)
    The Kelly bag (formerly known as the Sac à main de Voyage) is a leather handbag designed by the Paris-based, high-fashion luxury-goods manufacturer Hermès...
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    every animal whose skin can be made into leather, including exotic materials such as alligator and ostrich. Women's boots have become a significant part...
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    force is applied. Different types of snaps can be attached to fabric or leather by riveting with a punch and die set specific to the type of rivet snaps...
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    sometimes also called strop, is an elongated flap or ribbon, usually of leather or other flexible materials. Thin straps are used as part of clothing or...
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