Shell Mask (2157a19-1)

Description

**Shell mask** Location: Nununyi mound (31Sw3), Swain County, North Carolina. Period: Mississippian, probably Qualla phase (AD 1400-1700). Material: marine shell. Dimensions: length, 155.0 mm; width, 125.7 mm; thickness, 10.6 mm. Notes: Catalog no. 2157a19, specimen 1. North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Model by Chris LaMack.