wampum
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Anthropologywampumwam‧pum /ˈwɒmpəm $ ˈwɑːm-/ noun [uncountable] SAshells put into strings, belts etc, used in the past as money by Native AmericansExamples from the Corpuswampum• Have you checked out the price of wampum these days?Origin wampum (1600-1700) wampumpeag “wampum”, from Narragansett, from wampan “white” + api “string” + -ag (plural suffix)