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The Clamshell Currency: How Wampum Beads Shaped North American Trade Networks

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- Wampum belts contained visual information that could be interpreted by specialists. - The manufacturing process of wampum required considerable skill and effort. - Colonial authorities established official conversion rates between wampum and European money. - Purple wampum beads were considered more valuable than white ones in colonial trade. - The introduction of mass-production methods contributed to wampum's economic downfall. - Wampum production created new trading relationships between different indigenous communities. - The Hiawatha Belt remains the most significant wampum artifact in museums today. - Modern Native American craftspeople continue the tradition of creating wampum items. - Wampum was initially created specifically to facilitate trade with European settlers.