**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, 143.0 mm; width, 27.5 mm; thickness, 19.4 mm.
Notes: Catalog no. 2157a22, specimen 4. North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Model by Abigail Gancz.