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Commodity illustration: Furs

Category:Hides and furs

Furs

Standard price
450 pieces of eight per Ton
Surplus
400 pieces of eight
Scarcity
500 pieces of eight

Furs are animal skins with the hair still attached. Spread on a counter, they reveal differences in colour, hair length, thickness and suppleness that are difficult to judge in a packed lot.

Furriers turn them into garments and trimmings. Some pelts also supply hair for felt, especially beaver fur used by hatters. The skins must be prepared after the hunt so that they keep during transport. Indigenous hunters and trading networks play an essential part in the North American trade before a pelt ever reaches a European port.

Sources and adaptations

References in the Pavillon Noir books:

  • La Révolte, p. 287, 308.

The description was written by Ludic RPG. Prices are game values expressed in pieces of eight.