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 …

Apr 10, 2023 · Harry Wallace wants you to know a few truths about wampum. A Chief of the Unkechaug Nation on Long Island, he says the tiny beads made from the shells of Quahog …

Sep 18, 2020 · Wampum, which were small beads made from white and purple seashells found on the beaches of Long Island, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Associated with spiritual …

Oct 5, 2017 · 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 …

Nov 20, 2024 · For thousands of years, Indigenous people of America’s northeast region have crafted small, cylindrical beads called wampum from purple and white whelk and clam shells. …

Jul 17, 2019 · A popular item to collect for coastal natives were colorful shell fragments which they would craft into beads called wampum. Wampums beads are made from broken pieces of …

Mar 21, 2019 · Many contemporary jewelers and sculptors use wampum because it is so rare and unique to the coastal waters of Cape Cod and the Islands. Jewelers like Hannah Marlin and …

Apr 14, 2022 · 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 …

Jul 6, 2024 · Wampum beads in the quahog shells they’re made from, Photo: Shane Weeks The little villages that dot the East End of Long Island are nearly 400 years old. It’s interesting to …

Mar 11, 2020 · Ayeuonganit Wampum Ayimꝏup, Here, Wampum Was Made, also known as Parrish Pond, is the site of a former Shinnecock wampum-manufacturing site. In 2000, a …