White beads of inferior value made from bivalve shells and used for currency and ornament by the Indians of Colonial Virginia.
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释义 | society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > other mediums of exchange > [noun] > beads (8) roanoke1615 White beads of inferior value made from bivalve shells and used for currency and ornament by the Indians of Colonial Virginia. wampumpeag1627 Small cylindrical beads made from shells and strung together, used by some eastern North American Indian peoples for trade and ornament, and by… Indian money1634 = wampum, n. 1a. wampum1636 With singular or plural agreement. Small cylindrical beads made from shells and strung together, used by some eastern North American Indian peoples… peag1638 = wampum, n. 1a. Also with distinguishing word, esp. black peag, white peag. seawant1701 = wampum, n. hiaqua1824 An ornament or necklace composed of tooth-shells, formerly used as money by the Indians of the north Pacific coast of North America. shell-money1851 = wampum, n. |
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