Purple Wampum/Quahog Shell 10mm Rounded Cross Beads, 16 Inch Strand/41 Beads
Wampum is a traditional shell bead of the Eastern Woodlands tribes of Native Americans. It includes white shell beads hand-fashioned from the North Atlantic channeled whelk shell and white and purple beads made from the quahog or Western North Atlantic hard-shelled clam.
