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Wampum

Wampum Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Wampum?
[n] small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry
[n] small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans Synonyms | Synonyms for Wampum: peag Related Terms | Find terms related to Wampum: See Also | beads | medium of exchange | monetary system | string of beads | wampumpeag Wampum In Webster's Dictionary \Wam"pum\, n. [North American Indian wampum, wompam, from
the Mass. w['o]mpi, Del. w[=a]pe, white.]
Beads made of shells, used by the North American Indians as
money, and also wrought into belts, etc., as an ornament.
Round his waist his belt of wampum. --Longfellow.
Girded with his wampum braid. --Whittier.
Note: These beads were of two kinds, one white, and the other
black or dark purple. The term wampum is properly
applied only to the white; the dark purple ones are
called suckanhock. See {Seawan}. ``It [wampum]
consisted of cylindrical pieces of the shells of
testaceous fishes, a quarter of an inch long, and in
diameter less than a pipestem, drilled . . . so as to
be strung upon a thread. The beads of a white color,
rated at half the value of the black or violet, passed
each as the equivalent of a farthing in transactions
between the natives and the planters.'' --Palfrey.
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