Wampum Quahog NecklaceQuahog or "wampum" shell necklace on hand braided burgundy leather lace with wampum closure and three wampum shell accents 30" One of a kind *Wampum is a traditional shell bead of the Eastern Woodlands tribes of American Indians. It includes white shell beads hand fashioned from the North Atlantic channeled whelk shell and white and purple beads made from the quahog or Western North Atlantic hard shelled clam