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• Dentalium shells were common among the Klamath prior to colonization.
• Fossils in the genus " Dentalium " are geographically widespread.
• Nlaka'pamux peoples have included dentalium shells in their relatives'burials.
• Athabaskan peoples of Alaska and subarctic Canada incorporate dentalium into jewelry with glass beads.
• Septum piercings were commonly given to younger members of Klamath families to allow inserting dentalium.
• Dentalium shells and moose hide jackets are often worn by the host while distributing gifts.
• Dentalium shells have been traditional beads, used in necklaces, earrings, and other adornment.
• Compared to other native cultures dentalium didn't hold as much financial use among the Klamath.
• The trade arrangements with neighboring tribes were complex and involved the use of dentalium shells as currency.
• Dentalium shells were used by Inuit, First Nations, and Native Americans as an international trade item.
• The trade blankets were typically dark blue duffle and decorated with buttons made from abalone or dentalium shells.
• They adorned their garments with Dentalium shell, and steelhead runs would provide a welcome supply of fish.
• Today Tanacross people see dentalium shells not only as symbols of prestige but also as expressions of affection.
• Buffalo hide clothing was decorated with porcupine quill embroidery and beads  dentalium shells and elk teeth were prized materials.
• Elaborate bridal headdresses from the 19th and early 20th centuries, features dentalium shells strung on hide with Chinese brass coins and glass beads.
• ""'Dentalium " "'is a large genus of tooth shells or tusk shells, marine scaphopod molluscs in the family Dentaliidae.
• The Aleuts pierced holes around the rim of their ears with dentalium shells ( tooth shells or tusk shells ), bone, feathers, dried bird wings or skulls and / or amber.
• Beads, like the dentalium they have come to replace, are symbolic of social relations that, when expressed in the form of necklaces or sashes, literally surround or embrace the individual.
• Today most dentalium shells in the shell trade are smaller, more brittle, and are harvested from coasts off Asia  i . e . they are shells of Indo-Pacific species of scaphopods.
• On the Central Coast of California, shells of " Dentalium neohexagonum " ( a species that occurs from Monterey, California to Baja California ) have been recovered from prehistoric habitation sites of the Chumash, who apparently used these shells as tubes, possibly in jewelry.