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title: Wampum
author: The Trustees of the British Museum
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Wampum
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/13663.jpg)
## Image Caption
Three strings of *wampum* beads, made by [Native Americans](https://www.worldhistory.org/Native_Peoples_of_North_America/), c. 1600-1900.
The British Museum, London.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Museum, T. T. o. t. B. (2021, March 15). Wampum. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Wampum." *World History Encyclopedia*, March 15, 2021. .
### MLA
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