**Columella Shell Beads**
Location: Town Creek site (31Mg2-3), Montgomery County, North Carolina.
Period: Mississippian, Pee Dee phase (AD 1150-1350).
Material: marine shell.
Dimensions: length, 14.5 cm; width, 11.7 cm (background size).
Notes: Catalog no. 70a1188 (14 beads). North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Model by Steve Davis.