wampum
wom puhm
- n informal terms for money
- n small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency
- For nearly 60 years after that, Heye bought just about every Indian artifact he could get his hands on Kwakiutl doorposts, Mayan jade idols, Lenape wampum belts, Nootka .
- The Ivy Leaguers had sold out for wampum.
- When the Great Chief of the White HouseCalled the tribes of men together For a conference on wampum In the forest of New Hampshire, Came the prophets of the nations,.