105mm Bone Hairpipes Oval Ivory 4" 10 pack finished belt #0 - 5/64"

#0 - 5/64"

Product description

based on historic examples and "Sketchbook '76"

cuts only the top sheet

accepts dyes and finishes well to reflect today's styles & that of the Wild West

105mm Bone Hairpipes Oval Ivory 4" 10 pack finished belt #0 - 5/64"Originally 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