DCHP-3

Hudson Bay Seal

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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dyed muskrat fur (a trade name).

Quotations

1914
When the furdressers and dyers produced a clipped and dyed muskrat skin that resembled sealskin almost perfectly, it was found that it would not sell under its own name . . . [the] high-priced fur is now sold as `Hudson Bay seal.'