Columella Shell Bead (1948a44-1)

Description

**Large columella shell bead** Location: Sellers site (31Cy42), Clay County, North Carolina. Period: Mississippian, Qualla phase (AD 1400-1600). Material: marine shell. Dimensions: length, 16.8 mm; width, 14.8 mm; thickness, 13 mm. Notes: Catalog no. 1948a44 (specimen 1 of 2). North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Model by Chris LaMack.