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Hudson's Bay blanket
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Hudson's Bay blankets were used as trade goods during the fur trade. This modern blanket has 31/2 points. Points (black lines on the blanket) indicated the thickness of the blanket. Used by the fur traders, each point denoted a value of 2 beaver pelts. This blanket would have traded for 7 beaver pelts. The green, yellow, red and black stripes on white are one type of HBC blanket. Others were red with black stripes.
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- 2015-06-26
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