What is "dongola process"

Dongola \Don"go*la\, n.

1. A government of Upper Egypt.

2. same as Dongola kid.

   Dongola kid, D. leather, leather made by the Dongola process.

   Dongola process, a process of tanning goatskin, and now also calfskin and sheepskin, with a combination of vegetable and mineral agents, so that it resembles kid.

   Dongola race, a boat race in which the crews are composed of a number of pairs, usually of men and women.