Shell Pin (2157a22-1)

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, 100.1 mm; width, 18.0 mm; thickness, 13.8 mm. Notes: Catalog no. 2157a22, specimen 1. North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Model by Abigail Gancz.