**Pottery ear plug**
Location: Peachtree site (31Ce2), Cherokee County, North Carolina.
Period: Mississippian, Pisgah phase (AD 1000-1600)
Material: ceramic.
Dimensions: length, 43.5 mm; width, 17.9 mm; thickness, 16.9 mm.
Notes: Catalog no. 1965rp28. Original artifact (catalog # 384951) is in the US National Museum of Natural History, Washington. Modeled replica is from the North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Model by Abigail Gancz.