105mm Bone Hairpipes Oval Ivory 4" 100 pack grommet setter Osborne No

Osborne No

these belt blanks are ready to be stamped

to identify tribe members

Basic pattern-building instructions are provided along with advice on stitching and tips on tools and materials

after the French word for “A Long Hooded Cloak or Overcoat”

105mm Bone Hairpipes Oval Ivory 4" 100 pack grommet setter Osborne NoOriginally produced by Native Americans from the columns of marine Conch shells, early forms of elongated beads have long been in use in North America. They were gradually replaced by glass, brass and silver until Eastern wampum manufacturers began producing shell hairpipe from the West Indian conch sometime in the late 1700s. Carried by the Lewis & Clark Expedition, the Northwest Company and Auguste Chouteau as trade goods, both bone and shell