peag

• Nom désignant de petites perles cylindriques en coquillages polis, traditionnellement enfilées sur des fils ou des ceintures, utilisées par certains peuples autochtones d'Amérique comme ornements ou comme monnaie.

A noun referring to small cylindrical beads made from polished shells, traditionally fashioned into strings or belts and used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency.

1. Shell beads used as currencyC1formalamerican

   Small cylindrical beads crafted from polished shells, often strung into belts or necklaces, historically used by some Native American tribes as a form of money or ornamentation.

   Perles de wampum

   • The colonists traded goods for peag with the local tribes.
   • Wampum belts were often made from peag.
   • Peag was considered a valuable commodity in early colonial trade.

   Synonymeswampumwampumpeag