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Before European contact, strings of wampum were used for storytelling, ceremonial gifts, and recording important treaties and historical events, such as the Two Row Wampum Treaty [2] [3] and the Hiawatha Belt. Wampum was also used by the northeastern Indigenous tribes as a means of exchange, [4] strung together in lengths for convenience. The ...
There were three general types of money in the colonies of British America: the specie (coins), printed paper money and trade-based commodity money. [2] Commodity money was used when cash (coins and paper money) were scarce. Commodities such as tobacco, beaver skins, and wampum, served as money at various times in many locations. [3]
Antalis pretiosa (formerly Dentalium pretiosum), commonly known as the Wampum tuskshell [3] [1] [4] or the Indian money tusk [3] [5] [1] is a species of tusk shell in the family Dentaliidae. It was first described by George Brettingham Sowerby II , and named by Thomas Nuttall in 1860.
Useful interactions with molluscs range from their use as food, where species as diverse as snails and squid are eaten in many countries, to the employment of molluscs as shell money and to make dyestuffs and musical instruments, for personal adornment with seashells, pearls, or mother-of-pearl, as items to be collected, as fictionalised sea ...
Wampum belts, made of numerous tiny shells, were used by indigenous peoples in eastern Canada to measure wealth and as gifts. [1] Wampum belts were also used as currency during the early colonial period, and were recognised as legal tender in the early Dutch and British colonies. [2] [3]
2. Lladro. If you had a Lladro figurine in your house, you were fancy.And considering how much these sleek, shiny little sculptures sold for, it also doubled as a way to flaunt your money.
Wampum belts would be strung together with shells and were often used among Native Americans to deliver messages accompanied by speeches. [10] Under Algonquian culture, Wampum and beads represented wealth and power. To Rowlandson, they were accessories that Weetamoo used as part of a feminized ritual that showed her vanity.
(The advocacy group the Campaign Legal Center filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, saying the money violated a ban on political contributions by federal contractors, but that ...