Wampum
noun
1.
Also called peag, seawan, sewan. cylindrical beads made from shells, pierced and strung, used by North American Indians as a medium of exchange, for ornaments, and for ceremonial and sometimes spiritual purposes, especially such beads when white but also including the more valuable black or dark-purple varieties.
2.
Informal. money.
noun
1.
(formerly) money used by North American Indians, made of cylindrical shells strung or woven together, esp white shells rather than the more valuable black or purple ones
2.
(US & Canadian, informal) money or wealth
wampum [(wahm-puhm)]
Beads made from polished shells that some Native Americans once used as money and jewelry.
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