Shell Mask (2156a162)

Description

**Engraved shell mask** Location: Birdtown mound (31Sw7), Swain County, North Carolina. Period: Mississippian, Qualla phase (AD 1400-1600). Material: marine shell. Dimensions: length, 163.0 mm; width, 125.5 mm; thickness, 7.5 mm. Notes: Catalog no. 2156a162, North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Model by Chris LaMack.