Wampum - Wikipedia
网页Wampum is a traditional shell bead of the Eastern Woodlands tribes of Native Americans. It includes white shell beads hand-fashioned from the North Atlantic channeled whelk shell and white and purple beads made from the quahog or Western North Atlantic hard-shelled clam.
From Beads to Bounty: How Wampum Became America’s First …
网页2017年10月5日 · Wampum was white or purple beads and discs fashioned from two shells: the white beads from the whelk, a sea snail with a spiral shape, and the quahog, a clam with purple and white coloring. Quahogs are found in the waters from Cape Cod south to New York, with a great abundance in Long Island Sound.
Wampum – Onondaga Nation
网页Wampum is a vital part of Onondaga and Haudenosaunee culture. Wampum is created from the shell of a clam. The beads are cut from the white and purple parts of the shell. The pieces are rounded, sanded and drilled to make a bead.
Wampum | Native American, Iroquois, Shells | Britannica Money
网页wampum, tubular shell beads that have been assembled into strings or woven into belts or embroidered ornaments, formerly used as a medium of exchange by some North American Indians.
Ultimate Guide To Wampum (What Is It and Where To Find It)
网页2022年4月14日 · Wampum is the descriptor for the material used in ancient beaded necklaces. These were used as trade goods among the Native groups in North America and even found their place as a currency in the early days of the colonies.
Wampum - The Canadian Encyclopedia
网页2006年2月7日 · Wampum are tubular purple and white beads made from shells. Wampum are used primarily by Indigenous peoples of the Eastern Woodlands for ornamental, ceremonial, diplomatic and commercial purposes.
Wampum - Encyclopedia.com
网页2018年5月23日 · wampum (wäm´pəm) [New England [1] Algonquian,=white string of beads], beads or disks made by Native Americans [2] from the shells of mollusks found on the eastern coast or along the larger rivers of North America [3], used as a medium of exchange and in jewelry.
Wampum | National Museum of the American Indian
网页Online Resources. Wampum (3 resources) Symposium—Linking Arms and Brightening the Chain: Building Relations through Treaties. Video. An artist, writer, curator, and professor, Richard W. Hill, Sr. (Tuscarora), speaks on placing Native American art history, history, and culture in its proper context.
Wampum was Massachusetts' First Legal Currency - JSTOR Daily
网页2017年11月23日 · Seashell-derived wampum was Massachusetts’ first legal currency, and continued to be used and respected as currency throughout northeastern America, even into the nineteenth century.
A Small Bead Called Wampum - Estuary Magazine
网页Wampum was and still is a cylindrical shell bead approximately 5.5 millimeters in length and 4.0 millimeters in diameter made mostly from the shells of whelk and clam. Before contact with Europeans, this small bead was made using stone drills.