These intensely white shell beads had been strung onto the linen and made into ceremonial dresses and skirts, which were further ornamented with ivory and amber pendants shaped like acorns and ...

The art of making wampum beads comes from Native Americans along ... and shortened to the word wampum, which means white shell. Narrator: At 62 years old, Allen has been making wampum for more ...

Archaeologists investigating a roughly 5,000-year-old tomb in southwestern Spain say the women laid to rest there were buried with a staggering number of white ... beads using the same types of ...