wearing an intricately fashioned wampum belt – woven patterns of polished beads shaped from the purple and white shells of quahog and whelk. Historical accounts suggest that the garment hung ...

“Wampum is misunderstood and very significant ... the museum said. With its purple and white stripes, the Two Row design represents two cultures living and working in close proximity but ...

An Akwesasne artist making contemporary wampum belts says he thinks of strands of purple and white wampum beads as Morse code. The tubular beads made from quahog shells were used ornamentally or ...

An Akwesasne artist making contemporary wampum belts says he thinks of strands of purple and white wampum beads as Morse code. The tubular beads made from quahog shells were used ornamentally ...