Sentences with phrase «shell bead money»
«Achum, or shell bead money was «minted» by the island Chumash using small discs shaped from olivella shells and drills manufactured from Santa Cruz Island chert.
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The shell bead money was exchanged with mainland villages for resources and manufactured goods that were otherwise unavailable on the islands.
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Many of these islanders mined extensive chert deposits for making tools and produced «shell - bead money,» used as a major trade item by tribes throughout California.