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.

Allen Hazard of the Narragansett tribe has been making wampum, a purple and white bead, from quahogs, or hard-shell clams, for the past 40 years.

The purple edges of the quahog shell provided the material for the darker beads in wampum. (Clay Wollney) The Native Americans who once seasonally inhabited the shorelines of Staten Island came ...

Hard-shell clam jewelry reflects history, Native regard for nature. ... Store: The Purple Shell. Sells: Wampum jewelry and more. Location: 5219 Old Post Road, Charlestown.

Wampum belts could measure as much as 6 feet long and contain 6,000 or more beads. The early Europeans misinterpreted the importance of wampum, perceiving it to have primarily monetary value.

Wampum belts were used by many Indigenous nations to share stories of important events, or to keep records. The belts are woven together with small purple and white beads made from quahog shells.

The shells of the hard clam, or quahog as it was known to the Native Americans, are frequently found along the island's beaches. The name quahog is still used today, especially for the large adults.

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.