HOS sporrans in the flesh

[creagdhubh]

Notwithstanding my prior comment about the availability of racoon pelts, in the interest of fairness to Ameila Murray MacGregor, I Googled some photos of silver foxes. Although most of them have black faces/snouts, have a look at these:








A lot of the juveniles have lighter faces.

Excellent photos, Nathan! Something else to consider is the fact that animal pelts (of the same species) used for full-mask sporrans, will more than likely vary slightly in colour and overall appearance from one to the next. I still maintain the premise that the sporran in question is, in fact, of a silver (grey) fox and not a raccoon.