wampum

Definiciones

Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells (especially white ones) which have been strung together, formerly used by Native American peoples of eastern North America for various purposes including as jewellery and money, and for record-keeping; (countable, archaic) one such bead.

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“[A]mong the Red Men of America the giving of the white belt of wampum was the deepest pledge of honor; […]”

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