This is a tanned musk ox hide.
There are only a limited number of tanned musk ox skins available for sale at any time. The skin is a long dense coat of coarse dark brown guard hairs over a paler underfur.
Chichester was the supplier for the muskox hides used in the movie 10,000 B.C.
Musk ox are not endangered. There are about 100,000 roaming around northern Canada and Greenland. The musk ox are protected by a quota. Each year, hunters are allowed to hunt about 600 animals, but only take about 400 per year. Many of the animals are eaten and the hide is a by-product of a subsistence life style.
Genus and species: Ovibos moschatus. Wild.
Product of Greenland.
Measurements (along skin side):
Length: 126 cm
Width: 98 cm
You get the exact hide shown in the pictures. It is in stock and ready to ship.
This website only takes orders from Canadian addresses. Please contact us for questions about international orders. We ship to more than 40 countries.
This item is sold by Chichester Canada, Inc.
HST Registration #: 83256 3837 RT0001
