DCHP-1 Online
wampum shell Obs. 
a bead or beads of shell, Venus mercenaria, later also of porcelain, important as a kind of currency among eastern Indians.
See also: wampum (def. 1)
- 1800 (1933) I gave a roll of Spencer's Twist Tobacco Sc. 14 Quarts Powder, 10 Wampum Shells with Mr. McDonell's cheese to his two men. . . .
- 1800 (1933) I gave a roll of Spencer's Twist Tobacco Sc. 14 Quarts Powder, 10 Wampum Shells with Mr. McDonell's cheese to his two men. . . .