num_pages: 236
description: This book documents over 250 trade silver marker’s marks and their biographies. The book summarizes the historic trading routes of the Native Americans, British, Dutch, French, and American; it shows why trade silver is being unearthed in wide-spread locations in Canada and the United States. A section on forms explains the traditional construction, the prescribed shapes, and their Indian names and uses. The text describes the relationship and significance of Native beliefs—the importance of ‘luminosity’ of the silver and the meaning of the shapes that persisted for two hundred years.
language: English
title: Silver in the Fur Trade: 1680-1820
titlecomplete: Silver in the Fur Trade: 1680-1820
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Martha Hamilton Publishing