I am Kalispel Indian and we are saving all of ours to put on my wife's dancing dress. (anyone want to donate!) in the old days certain Indian tribes measured wealth with the elk teeth dresses, if you had one that was covered in rows of elk teeth it was considered to be worth 2-3 good horses. and a mark of your man's prowess as a hunter. modern dresses are made with shells that look the same from a distance and I have seen a few made with plastic elk teeth, but we want hers to be correct.