**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, 116.7 mm; width, 18.2 mm; thickness, 13.5 mm.
Notes: Catalog no. 2157a22, specimen 2. North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Model by Abigail Gancz.