Wampum Jewelry Aquinnah

Wampum belts were sacred and an important cultural property.

Wampum jewelry aquinnah. You can buy wampum at stores all over the island but some of the best locally crafted jewelry is at the aquinnah shops near the gay head light. That s because aquinnah is home to most of the island s wampanoag population. Elizabeth james perry is an enrolled member of the wampanoag tribe of gay head aquinnah located by the richly colored clay cliffs of marthas vineyard noepe. Wayward wampum sells handmade local art work.

Aquinnah wampanoag craftsman specializing in carved wampum quahog shell beads and jewelry located on the island of martha s vineyard cape cod mass. Wayward wampum 17 aquinnah cir aquinnah ma 02535 rated 5 based on 2 reviews like no other wampum jewelry. Joan lelacheur is having an open studio. Isaac is also performing with his aunt kate taylor when she performs her two shows at the aquinnah town hall on monday august 14 and tuesday august 15.

Wampum crafting is one example of the wampanoag people s presence in aquinnah still strong and prominent after many thousands of years. I have not taken mine of since i got. Countries current wayward wampum. The wampanoag are known historically for the manufacture and use of wampum as a trade item.

Mainly wampum jewelry and wampum accessories. Her modus operandi is to educate people to respect nature through art and so she produces her work as a form of en vironmental expression. Wampum jewelry a well honed craft of the wampanoag tribe is the mainstay of the aquinnah arts and culture scene. Certified native american artist under native american arts and crafts act of 1990.

This is a way to say we re still here welch said. Open thursday thru sunday 11 2. Mainly wampum jewelry and wampum accessories. About the art of wampum.

Over the years discarded hard and soft shell clams razor clams mussels and oysters accumulated to form large middens in the warm season. As a member of a nation that has lived on and harvested the sea since ancient times elizabeth s is a perspective that combines coastal algonquian culture traditional beliefs and science in her ways of relating to the north atlantic. Intricate trade patterns are documented through wampum found great distances inland as evidence of trading. Jannette vanderhoop is from the aquinnah wampanoag tribe gay head on martha s vineyard.