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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;silverthwait, post: 5750, member: 103&quot;]As 6Rivets said, that capelet is sealskin.&nbsp; During that era, such things came in ermine as well -- especially when trimmed with the tails.&nbsp; The ermine continued to decorate little girls up thru the forties, but sealskin not so much.&nbsp; It had a connotation of sadness.&nbsp; Once everyone stopped wearing mourning forever and ever, sealskin was not seen so often.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;problem&quot; with seal fur had to do with the Method of killing the cubs.&nbsp; Although it sounds absolutely horrible, it is no more horrible than the killing of many other kinds of animals.&nbsp; If an inuit wants to live in an igloo, I have no objection to his choice, but I do not want to watch HOW he makes himself warm and fed.&nbsp; I knew about, but never watched my grandmother retrieve a chicken from the pen and then execute it.&nbsp; (And then have to catch it, because it was too stupid to know it was dead! UGH!)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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