Our Quahog Shell Leather Belt features a handcrafted solid brass or white bronze silver quahog shell buckle that has been made on Cape Cod for over 45 years. At his home shop in Marstons Mills, New England Leathersmith Jeff Taylor Artisan bench crafts men’s and women’s full grain natural veg tanned casual leather belts for this Quahog Shell Buckle. Indians used quahog shells to make beads that were used as money (called wampum). In much of the United States, quahogs are simply called “hard clams” or “hard-shell clams”. Seashell Art, American Made in USA.