Shell Beads (1948a44)

Description

**Small barrel-shaped shell beads (n=465)** Location: Sellers site (31Cy42), Clay County, North Carolina. Period: Mississippian, Qualla phase (AD 1400-1600). Material: marine shell. Dimensions: for scale, the label in the model is 88.2 mm long. Notes: Catalog no. 1948a44. Please note shape distortion along the lower edges of the beads. North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Model by Abigail Gancz.