coonskins
Trapper hat material
Coonskins are the pelts of raccoons, historically valued in the American fur trade.
A coonskin cap—made from the hide with the tail attached—became iconic frontier headwear, associated with figures like Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett: He wore a coonskin cap like the old mountain men.
Medium of exchange
- barterDirect goods-for-goods exchange
- peltsFurred animal skins
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- commodityFungible traded good
trappers · beaver · market · value · colonial · economy · export · rendezvous
Covering for top
headwear · pelt · tanning · leather · rustic · handmade · insulation · buckskin
First to explore territory
- settlersThose who establish homes
- frontiersmanSettler of wild borders
- trapperOne who catches animals
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
westward · homestead · buckskin · exploration · territory · colonization · outpost · backwoods
currency
Medium of exchange
commodity · trappers · beaver · market · value · colonial · economy · export · rendezvous
cap
Covering for top
warmth · headwear · pelt · tanning · leather · rustic · handmade · insulation · buckskin · homespun
pioneers
First to explore territory
- settlersThose who establish homes
- frontiersmanSettler of wild borders
- trapperOne who catches animals
wilderness · westward · homestead · buckskin · exploration · territory · colonization · outpost · backwoods · Appalachia
trapping
Catching with concealed devices
quarry · gamekeeper · stalking · trophy · decoy · blinds · furbearer · varmint · woodsman · bait
coonskinssilk
Fine woven insect fiber
ermine · sable · mink · chinchilla · synthetic materials
coonskinstop hats
Tall formal headwear
formal wear · bowler hats · powdered wigs · berets · fedoras
- coonskin capFur hat with tail
- coonskin hatRaccoon fur cap