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Animal born prematurely or abortively

A slunk is an animal, especially a calf, born prematurely or abortively. Slunk skin, calfskin typically obtained as a byproduct of cattle slaughter, is also known as chickenskin.

Slunk skin is sold commercially and used for example in furniture, drums, and gloves.

References

Cumming, Valerie (1982). Gloves (Reprinted. ed.). London: Batsford. p. 93. ISBN 9780713410082.
Schmidt, Paul William (1991). History of the Ludwig Drum Company. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 97. ISBN 0931759498. As regards snare drums, in order for the snare drum to really vibrate, the head had to be as thin as tissue paper, and those heads came from unborn calves. We called it slunk skin. The slunk skins were always plentiful, more so than heads for the batter side. These slunk skins were the same ones used for making ladies fine gloves.

v t e Leather
Types	Aniline Bicast Boiled Bonded Buckskin Buff Chamois Corinthian Kidskin Law leather Morocco Napa Nubuck Patent Russia Shagreen Shearling Shell cordovan Suede
Leather sources	Alligator Bison Cattle Calfskin Slunk Crocodile Deer Eel Goat Horse Kangaroo Ostrich Pig Seal Sheep Snake Yak
Processes	Liming Deliming Bating Tanning Oiling
Crafting	Bookbinding Cuir de Cordoue Leather carving
Substitutes	Artificial leather / Leatherette Kirza Naugahyde Presstoff Ultrasuede Alcantara Clarino
Leather museums	German Leather Museum Igualada Leather Museum Walsall Leather Museum Leather Archives and Museum British Museum leather dressing
Related	History of hide materials Leather subculture Rawhide

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