**Shell mask**
Location: Nununyi mound (31Sw3), Swain County, North Carolina.
Period: Mississippian, probably Qualla phase (AD 1400-1700).
Material: marine shell.
Dimensions: length, 155.0 mm; width, 125.7 mm; thickness, 10.6 mm.
Notes: Catalog no. 2157a19, specimen 1. North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Model by Chris LaMack.