**Shell Beads (n=17)**
Location: Town Creek site (31Mg2-3), Montgomery County, North Carolina.
Period: Mississippian, Pee Dee phase (AD 1150-1350).
Material: marine shell.
Dimensions: length, 13.2 cm; width, 11.3 cm (background size).
Notes: Catalog no. 70a1194 (n=17). North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Model by Sebastian Farris.