[DOC] [TLE] Shell money - Wikipedia [PAR] Shell money is a medium of exchange similar to money that was once commonly 
used in many parts of the world. Shell money usually consisted either of whole 
sea shells or pieces of them, which were often worked into beads or ... The shell 
of the large land snail, Achatina monetaria, cut into circles with an open center 
was... [DOC] [TLE] From Beads to Bounty: How Wampum Became America's First ... [PAR] Jan 14, 2013 ... The shells were ground and polished into small tubes with a stone drill called a 
puckwhegonnautick. ... Indians living in the closest proximity to Europeans used 
wampum ... to mass-produce the wampum beads, stringing the them together in 
... [Once] a symbol of prestige, wampum had become a medium of... [DOC] [TLE] Indian Trade Beads  Thefurtrapper.com [PAR] A major source of glass beads used in the fur trade was Venice, Italy. ... Once the 
tubes cooled, they were cut into meter long pieces. ... Indians from the Pacific 
coast traded sea shells to the Southwest Indians; Indians from the ... glass beads 
for presents and as a medium of exchange in dealing with the American Indians. [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about NATIVE AMERICANS - StudyStack [PAR] NATIVE AMERICANS ONCE CUT THE SHELLS OF QUAHOGS INTO BEADS & 
USED THEM FOR THIS MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE, WAMPUM. [DOC] [TLE] About the Quahog [PAR] Quahog shells with lots of purple make the best jewelry (naturally). ... Their name, 
"quahog," is a variation of "poquauhock," (po-qua-hock) the Native American 
name ... because he knew that beads of quahog shell were used for currency in 
17th ... who makes wampum jewelry, packs some escaping quahog shells back 
into... [DOC] [TLE] History of Colonial Money [PAR] The use of money as a medium of exchange makes trade easier. It can also ... 
Wampum, one of the first money forms, was introduced to New England in 1627 
by ... taxes - in Massachusetts and proved successful in trading with Indians. .... 
Wampum - Small beads made from polished shells, used as currency and as 
jewelry. [DOC] [TLE] The Significance of Wampum to Seventeenth Century Indians in New [PAR] Lois Scozzari, The Significance of Wampum to Seventeenth Century Indians in 
New England. ... segments of the hard shell clam or quahog, Suckauhock or 
Mowhakes. 6 ... were used alone or in conjunction with purple beads, woven into 
belts, ... incomplete.21 Wampum exchange embodied a medium of gift-giving 
whose... [DOC] [TLE] Wampum; History and Background - NativeTech: Native American ... [PAR] The quahog shell used to produce purple wampum and other shell pendants ... 
beads and trinkets, often exploited gift exchange to gain Native American ... 
evolved into a formal currency after European/Native contact, it's production ... 
beads onto twisted plant fibers, and securing them to animal sinew or leather 
thong warp. [DOC] [TLE] Shell Money - TheInfoList.com [PAR] SHELL MONEY is a medium of exchange similar to money that was once ... 
either of whole sea shells or pieces of them, which were often worked into beads 
or were ... The shell of the large land snail , Achatina monetaria , cut into circles 
with an ... also a measure used by native North American to value the Dentalium 
shell [DOC] [TLE] Click here - Kalmar Nyckel [PAR] Europe and North America into one commercial market. The efficiencies of ... and 
other European trade goods by Native Indians of the Eastern. Seaboard gave... [DOC] [TLE] ADORNMENTS AND JEWELRY - Northern Cherokee Nation [PAR] Mar 25, 2013 ... Some of the ornaments made of stone, bone, shell and copper hint of 'ancient ... 
that they also constituted a medium of exchange and could be made useful in 
that ... formed necklaces or were sewn into garments and headbands. Beads cut 
from the cores of marine conchs were used in the same manner... [DOC] [TLE] Race, Gender, and the Making of New Netherland - American History [PAR] In addition, the colonial government used these households to stake claims to the 
... wampum became a medium of exchange and a valued trade

Question: Native Americans once cut the shells of quahogs into beads & used them for this medium of exchange
Answer: Wampum