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 Quahog and whelk wampum made by Elizabeth James Perry (Aquinnah Wampanoag/Eastern Band Cherokee), c. 2009 |
Wampum are traditional sacred shell beads of the Eastern Woodlands tribes of the indigenous people of North America. Wampum include the white shell beads fashioned from the North Atlantic channeled whelk shell; and the white and purple beads made from the quahog, or Western North Atlantic hard-shelled clam. Woven belts of wampum have been created to commemorate treaties or historical events, and for exchange in personal social transactions, such as marriages. In colonial North America, European colonists often used wampum as currency for trading with Native Americans.
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- Related: Great Law of Peace, Economy of the Iroquois, Shell money, Quipu
| Wampum article Wampum article www.iroquoismuseum.org/ve11.html - Web |
| Wampum History and Background Wampum History and Background www.nativetech.org/wampum/wamphist.htm - Web |
| "The Tribes And The States: 100,000-Year History o... "The Tribes And The States: 100,000-Year History of North America" www.sidis.net/TSContents.htm - Web |
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| X-ray showing inner spiral and entire shell of the... X-ray showing inner spiral and entire shell of the Busycotypus Canaliculatus - Channeled Whelk Shell www.europa.com/~telscope/busycnPr.jpg - Web |
| "Money Substitutes in New Netherland and Early New... "Money Substitutes in New Netherland and Early New York" www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/NNWampum.html - Web |
