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In Focus: Wampum

About This Module

Join Allen Hazard, the East’s Coast foremost Wampum expert, on the deeper meanings behind this beautiful natural resource and its importance in Native adornment and society.

This program is suitable for general audiences.  If you are an educator, please see our programs made for schools which feature complementing teaching aids.  

Meet the Educator

Allen Hazard is a renowned jewelry sculptor, wampum artist, and member of the Narragansett tribal nation.  After learning from his mother, he has been making wampum for more than 30 years.  His shop, The Purple Shell, is located in Charlestown, Rhode Island.

Contents

Wampum: A Sacred Gift from the Creator
Discussion or Writing Prompts
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