Wampum specifically is beads made from a shell. That is what wampum is. Even if I was to replicate this, it wouldn't look the same just because the nature of the shell and the beads themselves, ...

How to see, learn about, wampum: “Wampum: Stories from the Shells of Native America”: Through April 16 at Cahoon Museum of American Art, 4676 Falmouth Road (Route 28), Cotuit.

The exhibition, called WAMPUM/OTGOÄ, runs at Ganondagan until Sept. 16, ... The actual beads of purple quahog and white whelk shell likely span more than 200 years, ...

This is the shell that wampum is made from, highly regarded for the deep purple color on the inside of the shell. You can tell the age of a quahog shell by counting the rings.

Native artists bridge past and present through creations of a Wampum belt and quahog shell jewelry. Generations of Native artistry on display in Martha's Vineyard and Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

Before European colonists arrived on North American shores, the wampum belt of Long Island’s Unkechaug Indian Nation was esteemed among the nations for its quality. Now, a recently commissioned ...

Wampum belt Media/Materials Whelk shell beads (white wampum), quahog clam shell beads (purple wampum), hide thong/babiche, cordage, ochre Techniques Loom beadwork, colored Dimensions 107 x 13.70 x 63 ...

For decades, New Yorkers have had a special relationship with clams. Local Native Americans were cooking them in fire pits and using the shells for wampum even before the Dutch and English arrived.

Designers from Glenn Spiro to Silvia Furmanovich are turning shells into fine jewelry. By Jill Newman On a recent vacation in Careyes, Mexico, Sara Beltrán scoured the beach looking for beautiful ...

Generations of Native artistry on display in Martha's Vineyard and Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Native artists bridge past and present through creations of a Wampum belt and quahog shell jewelry ...