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Topic: ANTHROPOLOGY

Date: 1600-1700
Origin: wampumpeag 'wampum', from Narragansett, from wampan 'white' + api 'string' + -ag (plural suffix)

wampum

 noun
     
wam‧pum [uncountable]
SA shells put into strings, belts etc, used in the past as money by Native Americans
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