 Continuing into the present, Plains metalsmiths have used German silver for pendants, pectorals, bracelets, armbands, hair plates, "conchas" (oval decorative plates for belts), earrings, belt buckles, necktie slides, stickpins, "dush-tuhs", and tiaras.Nickel silver is the metal of choice among contemporary Kiowa and Pawnee metalsmiths in Oklahoma.Many of the metal fittings on modern higher-end equine harness and tack are of nickel silver.