the-iroquois-women-and-wampum http://jasiandesigner.yolasite.com/the-iroquois-women-and-wampum.php Wed, 03 Jun 2026 23:03:13 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://jasiandesigner.yolasite.com/the-iroquois-women-and-wampum/wampum Wampum was a symbolic, ritual object to the Iroquois. &nbsp;It was exchanged during important peace and war pacts and treaties between tribes. &nbsp;Wampum included a string or dense web of sinew or hemp fibers that is up to five inches thick that held the decorative beads. &nbsp;It was worn around the waist or over the shoulders and chest as a scarf.&nbsp;<br><span class="yui-non">They made the wampum from strings of purple, white, and black shell beads that were woven in symbolic patterns into belts and girdles. &nbsp;The colors represented different things. &nbsp;The white symbolized peace, and black meant sorrow. &nbsp;Purple signified seriousness, and it was the most valuable color. &nbsp;European settlers traded glass beads for wampum with the Iroquois, so the Iroquois started to use wampum for their advantage for the first time.</span><br><span class="yui-non">&nbsp;</span> Thu, 17 May 2012 23:19:53 +0100