1. Wampum
... 200 AD, wampum was approximately five millimetres in diameter and had a length of eight millimetres. These beads had larger holes of more than two millimetres and were relatively uncommon as they were made using a stone drill called puckwhegonnatick'. In the mid 1600's, the beads had smaller holes ... Seneca's increased the fabrication of the beads now measuring seven millimetres in length by five millimetres in diameter, with drilled holes of just less than two millimetres (Prindle, 1994-2003). The Naragansett and Pequot Indians controlled both the fabrication and the trade of wampum. ...
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