beaver pelt
Dam builder's hide
A beaver pelt is the fur-covered skin of a beaver, historically one of the most valuable trade goods in North America.
The dense, waterproof fur was prized for making felt hats, driving centuries of trapping and the fur trade economy: Fortunes were made trading beaver pelts.
Today beaver pelts remain a commodity in the fur industry, though demand has declined.
- furAnimal body hair
- trapperOne who catches animals
- fur tradeCommercial exchange of animal skins
- tradeExchange of commodities
- trading postRemote commerce station
skin · hide · buckskin · tanning · wilderness · lodge · dam · tail · waterproof · felt · top hat · hat · mountain man · rendezvous · Hudson Bay · frontier · cache · barter
material type
beaver peltfaux fur
Synthetic animal-hair fabric
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