Noun: wampumpeag 'wóm-pum,peeg
- Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewellery or currency
"The museum displayed a necklace made of authentic wampumpeag";
- wampum [N. Amer], peag [archaic]
Derived forms: wampumpeags
Type of: beads, string of beads
Encyclopedia: Wampumpeag