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mussel shell tool replicas

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Spotted Dog:
Please be careful working the shell. I have a friend that got lung cancer from making wampum beads.
I hope your working them with or under water.

Dog

swamp monkey:
Dog, thanks for the concern.  I take the dust very seriously.  I use oil.  It also keeps the temp down.  Combine that with a dust mask, eye and ear protection.  I am suited up so to speak.

Parnell:
Good stuff!

Spotted Dog:
I love your work on shell.  Have you been to Cahokia Mounds in East St. Louis ? Wonderful museum.
Lots of shell work.

swamp monkey:
I have been there numerous times.  It is inspiring every time I visit.  Great trails and visitor center.

There was a burial in mound 72 that had hundreds and perhaps thousands of disk beads laid down in the form of a falcon. The hours involved in making those beads must be staggering. 

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