Gradhiva N°33: Wampum : Perles de la diplomatie en Nouvelle-France. Photographie the children of Khaemhor

the children of Khaemhor

La Cène et La Dame à l’hermine

which the war now threatens to stifle

echoes the text of men

and the different foods that formed the diet of the ancient Egyptians

Gradhiva N°33: Wampum : Perles de la diplomatie en Nouvelle-France. Photographie the children of KhaemhorExhibition at the Quai Branly Jacques Chirac Museum, from February 8 to May 15, 2022. Towards the very beginning of the 17th century in Northeast America, as France extended its colonial influence in the region, small cylindrical shell beads, wampum or porcelain to the Frenchbegan to be used as objects of exchange between Native Americans and Europeans. Among Indigenous nations, wampum had a well established social and political use, often adorning