You know what I did?
I took it off, as no sound came out of the tumba any longer.
Even after thorough drying the skin was or rather is monstrously thick,
so I put on the old Meinl skin (which was not so bad after all, and thick enough).
BTW when I received the white hide it was 2.6mm thick, but now it is about 6mm!
I agree, that is way to much to handle, for both my hands and the shell.
The complementary Meinl conga has received a new skin though
which makes the drum sound awesome.
Lesson learnt - uniform outward appearance is not as important.
Main thing is to save drums from damage.