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 …

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. …

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 …

Feb 5, 2024 · One of the most recognizable qualities of the Haudenosaunee and, to a lesser extent, other Eastern Woodland cultures, is our many Wampum Belts. These are beaded …

May 10, 2018 · A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Wampum belts existed long before the European contact with the Native Americans and were used as the official tribal records, to …

In case of a chief’s death three short strings of wampum (Fig. 156 b) were carried about to notify the different bands. One of these strings, which was purple and had a piece of black cloth …

Wampum: Stories from the Shells of Native America is focused on cultural preservation and features a one-thousand bead wampum belt made in the style and traditions of the …

Nov 20, 2012 · Wampum are the small cylindrical beads made from quahog or whelk shells. Both shells produce white beads, but only parts of the quahog produce purple beads. Wampum was …

Wampum belts are belts made from cylindrical shell beads, typically from the quahog (a type of clam), which vary in color, mainly purple and white. The beads are drilled, polished, and strung …

Wampum is a string of shell beads often woven into belts and formerly used for ceremonial and treaty purposes by some American indigenous people. A contraction of the Algonquian word …