ATLANTIC SHELLFISH ART PRINTS: QUAHAUG

ATLANTIC SHELLFISH ART PRINTS: QUAHAUG Did you know? Quahaugs (said co-hawgs), or Hard Clams, are Rhode Islands state shell. For thousands of years, Native Americans from southern New England made trade beads, or wampum, from them. Theyre found from the St. Lawrence to the northern Gulf of Mexico. When theyre 2-3 wide, theyre sold as Littlenecks, 3-4 as Cherrystones, above 4 as Quahaugs. ISBN: 0-CN-027500-0 publish date: 03/15/2002