Wampum, that beautiful, purpley, white bead, has very significant meaning and the shells it is made from are abundant on Martha’s Vineyard. The term Wampum comes from a word “wampumpeag”, which in Narraganset, most literally means “white string of beads”. Wampum beads are made in two colors: white, “Wòmpi”, beads from the whelk and purple-black [...]