Shell Pin (2157a22-4)

Description

**Columella shell ear pin** Location: Nununyi mound (31Sw3), Swain County, North Carolina. Period: Mississippian, probably Qualla phase (AD 1400-1700). Material: marine shell. Dimensions: length, 143.0 mm; width, 27.5 mm; thickness, 19.4 mm. Notes: Catalog no. 2157a22, specimen 4. North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Model by Abigail Gancz.