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The Making of the Wampum Belt

Mar 20, 2024
In his journal of King Philip's War, Benjamin Church describes the

wampum

belt

that belonged to Medicom, opening his backpack, he pulled out the curiously

wampum

-wrought Philips

belt

nine inches wide, forged from black and white wampum in several figures and flowers and images of many birds and beasts, these were Philips royalties with which he wanted to adorn himself when he sat in state. The term wampum comes from wampum pico, which literally means shell beads in the Wampanoag language. They have been made for millennia by indigenous peoples of New England because they are These different colors of beads can be used in a binary signaling system and because they were so valuable and widespread among native nations when European settlers, particularly the Dutch and English, began to use these beads as a substitute for European currency, but they were The native nations do not use it universally as money, so they do not equate it with Indian money, they simply equate it with a powerful and valuable substance that during At one time it was used as a substitute for money.
the making of the wampum belt
I would say that the wampum belts were the closest thing to the history written during Gathering the People in terms of spiritual use and in ceremonies, they are like a document, they are very critical to preserving our traditions, our history and our heritage. Historically, wampum was used in several different forms as an ornament for beautiful objects to be worn in and around the ears. the neck and around the perimeters of the body, wampum was used in the form of disc beads as decorative pieces, embellishment pieces, but in the form of tubular beads, that was when wampum really reached a unique way of being able to point out understandings after the meta communications belt out The taken church of Benjamin gave the belt to the governor of Plymouth Colony, who was Josiah Winslow.
the making of the wampum belt

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Josiah Winslow sought to gain the king's favor. He had written a war report and was delivering the spoils of war to the king of England. Josiah gave them to his brother-in-law Waldegrave Pelham Waldegrave then took them to England, where it is unclear what happened to them after that, but they were never delivered to the king, that is the last we know. My name is Mohammed, also known as Linda Coombs, and I live. in mash B and I am from the walking tribe of the Aquinnah tribe on Martha's Vineyard. Anyway, I've seen most of these belts in pictures and photographs or diagrams, but seeing them live and in person here is something completely different and Just You Know, has allowed me to get much closer to see them and just be with them and spending time with them has been extremely meaningful.
the making of the wampum belt
Natasa with some Wabun knew Tomas masa piak and Paula Peters. My traditional name is Sullivan and I. I'm from Mashpee, the wampum belt project is an effort to create a bomb poem similar to ones we would have made historically and is being produced within the WAMP nog community using wampa nog artisans and inspiration from our community, yes, to go in one sense and in the other. another to the other world to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower and the box has been working with Wampanoag communities in Massachusetts and we have commissioned a new symbolic work of art: it is a wampum belt made from a small shell and it tours nationally I am often asked why do you know that these historical traditions are so important and why do we still maintain these traditions and cultures and it is simply part of what makes us who we are and I think it is important for people to know that we are still here and living a contempt in a contemporary way but that we still treasure these parts of our artistic tradition.
the making of the wampum belt

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