Riddle of the Day

[Gizmokid2005]

My sides are firmly lac'd about,
Yet nothing is within;
You'll think my head is strange indeed,
Being nothing else but skin. What am I?

ANSWER (Congrats varybarry21): A Drum.

TL - The skin part refers only to the head:

You'll think my head is strange indeed,
Being nothing else but skin.

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