These items are quahog clam shells being processed to make #wampum, a traditional Native American craft used for beads, jewelry, and belts.

These items are quahog clam shells being processed to make #wampum, a traditional Native American craft used for beads, jewelry, and belts.

These items are quahog clam shells being processed to make #wampum, a traditional Native American craft used for beads, jewelry, and belts.

These items are quahog clam shells being processed to make #wampum, a traditional Native American craft used for beads, jewelry, and belts.

8 pendants of carved feathers made out of quahog shell. Though all purple and white, each feather is a different shape and the distribution of color is unique to each piece.

These are feathers I've carved out of quahog shell as the #artAdventCalendar offering of the day. Sometimes called wampum (but not completely accurate), this is a personal variation of a traditional indigenous craft.

#indigenous #wampum #beach #shell #jewelry

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#Indigesky
This 5-minute episode gives an interesting & informative look at #powwow & features interviews with #Indigenous people of varying ages & Tribal positions. A handsome young #wampum maker displays his beautiful work too.
#NewEngland
#Algonquin

News - Rare Wampum Beads Found at Canada's Colony of Avalon - Archaeology Magazine FERRYLAND, CANADA—CBC reports that an exceptionally rare set of Native American wampum beads were discovered […]

FERRYLAND, NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR—Archaeologists at the 17th-century Colony of Avalon uncovered seven rare wampum beads—the first ever reported from Newfoundland & Labrador.

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#Archaeology #Wampum #IndigenousHistory #ColonyOfAvalon #Newfoundland

Wampum belts weren’t money—they were memory, law, and ceremony. Discover their lasting significance in Haudenosaunee history.
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#Wampum #IndigenousHistory #Haudenosaunee #CulturalHeritage

Archaeologists Unearth Seven Rare Wampum Beads at 17th-Century English Settlement in Canada Indigenous groups created the small beads from mollusk shells. They're the first artifacts of their kind ever found at the Colony of Avalon in Newfoundland

Archaeologists Unearth Seven Rare Wampum Beads at 17th-Century English Settlement in Canada: Indigenous groups created the small beads from mollusk shells. They're the first artifacts of their kind ever found at… @SmithsonianMag #Archaeology #IndigenousHistory #Wampum #CanadaHistory #ColonialCanada

Rare Wampum Beads Found at Canada's Colony of Avalon FERRYLAND, CANADA—CBC reports that an exceptionally rare set of Native American wampum beads were discovered […] The post Rare Wampum Beads Found at Canada's Colony of Avalon appeared first on Archaeology Magazine.

'Extremely unusual' discovery of wampum beads in Ferryland believed to be province's first | CBC News One Memorial University graduate student came across seven wampum while digging at the Colony of Avalon earlier this summer — and one archaeologist says the discovery changes what we know about life a...

🇨🇦 Newfoundland: 'Extremely unusual' discovery of wampum beads in Ferryland believed to be province's first
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7 beads were found during dig at the Colony of Avalon
#archaeology #wampum #Indigenous

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Great work!👍️

#Wampum #tchotchke trinket, which we know will be on display in the Oval Office-- because the gold.🪙

The most probable scenario is a hybrid state: democratic shell with authoritarian behavior beneath.
#US #authoritarianism #Trump #Math #Maths #Statistics #Wampum

ell Beads This strand of beads is an example of traded shell beads. Below the necklace you will see a quahog shell, the material most #wampum beads were made out of. Wampum was not just for adornment; it was the first form of currency in the region

ell Beads

This strand of beads is an example of traded shell beads. Below the necklace you will see a quahog shell, the material most #wampum beads were made out of. Wampum was not just for adornment; it was the first form of currency in the region

You either pay for things,
With cash or you use your ass…
The cost of one, life.

#haikufeels #cost #wampum
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Healers Wampum,colors represent the traditional medicines of my dodem(lodge)
Blue represents my connection to King Neptune...every healer should possess a wampum...if you don't,your not a healer.
#wampum
#healer
When i completed my physical healing of an elder i was awarded this to say I healed🫴🫶

Sketch of the day!

#wampum #heterochromia #moondeerrart #deers #deer #deergirl #unfinishedsketch #sketches #art #digitalart #digital

Wampum earrings hand carved from quahog shells on Cape Cod

Wampum earrings hand carved from quahog shells on Cape Cod

New earring drop, carved from quahog shells. What can a little purple do for you?! #wampum 💜 #capecod

Shell Beads This strand of beads is an example of traded shell beads. Below the necklace you will see a quahog shell, the material most wampum beads were made out of. Wampum was not just for adornment; it was the first form of currency in the region. Shell disk bead necklace, late 20th century. Gift of Ann Orvieto. Quahog shell. Mitchell Museum of the American Indian.

Shell Beads

This strand of beads is an example of traded shell beads. Below the necklace you will see a quahog shell, the material most wampum beads were made out of. #Wampum was not just for adornment; it was the first form of currency in the region.

Shell disk

What Is Wampum—and How Was It Used? | HISTORY 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. Often woven into beautifully pa...

"What is Wampum--and How Was It Used?"

No, it wasn't considered currency by Native people.

Native people made #wampum, small, cylindrical beads made from purple and white ...

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A Professor of Historical Importance | Summer 2024 George Fox Journal Paul Otto’s love of history and connecting with students kept him returning to the classroom for more than two decades

Nice write up about me in the George Fox Journal!

#retired #boardgames #roleimmersion #rttp #pepsi #americanrevolution #southafrica #history #gamedesign #ushistory #sf #scifi #flyfishing #opentowork #wampum

The two-row #wampum is a shattered #agreement to go forward #together without interfering. #TogetherAlone #ThisPlace150YearsRetold

Talkin' about #wampum and the #umbrella factory #SouthCounty speak

Auch @ingmario daar is volgens mij weer 'ns iemand over de bananenschil die #wampum heet uitgegleden...

RT: @albabee @NicoleLazzaro @dgregryc #Wampum was a form of BINARY currency, where the darker... Read More: http://is.gd/tAOq