it was used as a belt
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∙ 13y agoThe Iroquois used wampum belts to tell things about the past. They were also used to remind people of the Great Peace.
Wampum
Wampum was a bead made from shells. For many years it was a key currency used in the colonial times. The purple ones were particularly prized, as there was only a small part of the shell that could be used to make them. Wealthy Indians and even colonists would wear belts and sashes of wampum. Actually, Wampums are money that some Native Americans use. Please note: Wampum or Wampum belts, were not used as money among Native American tribes as that was a European introduction where colonists used it as a medium of exchange (money). wampum was invented by the iroquis
Wampum was important to SOME American Indian. Some northeastern tribes used wampum belts as a monetary system to trade for furs or whatever was valued at the time. More importantly, those wampum belts would tell the family history of the maker.
The Native American tribe traded goods using wampum beads as currency.
The address of the Wampum Area Historical Society Inc is: 3384 State Route 18, Wampum, PA 16157-3610
Historically none of the Plains tribes had money. the idea that all native Americans used "wampum" or called money "wampum" is entirely false.
No, the "wampum" is completely mythical. Or is it... (it isn't)
Sacred beads called wampum, made from small shells, played an important role in Algonquin rituals; wampum were used in ceremonial jewelry, belts and sashes.
They passed wampum when it was their turn to talk
a wampum is beads weaved {white and purple} there like scarves but with beads on them
I have a wampum card from the Mohegan Sun Casino.