A major exhibition based on the theme of forced migration will be unveiled in Mystic on Friday following a year-long ...

When it came to inorganic compounds, the shells — purple and white — were basically identical just calcium carbonates. So Haraldur set the question aside for decades until 2020, when he got ...

Quahogs are distinct from soft-shell clams and ocean quahogs. PROVIDENCE – So you’re new to Rhode Island and you don’t know what a quahog is.

For centuries Native Americans treasured quahog shells, the purplish hard coverings of clams found along North Atlantic shores, which they fashioned into beads called wampum to adorn ceremonial ...

The belt is made up of over 1,000 white and purple beads carved from hundreds of quahog shells. - Gladys Widdiss: Donald Widdiss' mother, who made pottery by hand and dried it in the sun.

The purple color represents the color of the quahog clam shell, which is used to make traditional shell beads called wampum beads, the city said.

As a mariner tribe spanning a large swath of eastern Long Island, the Shinnecock people have always lived in harmony with the ocean, respecting “grandmother Earth” and her resources. For most ...

Wampum belts are woven from tubular beads made of quahog shells, with patterns that serve as mnemonic devices, recording history, traditions, laws, and diplomacy.

Here's some quahog history The word quahog comes from the Narragansett Indian name “poquauhock.” Naragansetts used quahog shells to make beads that were used as money (called wampum).

They would eat the meat and use the shells for wampum, or beads that were traditionally used as ceremonial gifts and later as currency. The Latin name for quahog, mercenaria mercenaria, meaning ...

They would eat the meat and use the shells for wampum, or beads that were traditionally used as ceremonial gifts and later as currency. The Latin name for quahog, mercenaria mercenaria, meaning ...