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Beaver Pelt
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Image of a beaver pelt.

Credit: Courtesy of the State Museum of Pennsylvania

In the 1600s and 1700s, trade between Europeans and Native Americans centered on the exchange of animal furs, especially beaver, for metal tools and glass beads. For more than one hundred years European fashion was driven by a demand for beaver hats and coats.

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