Point
Arrowhead
29-183-20
From: Japan | Ulakama
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-183-20 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Late Paleolithic (uncertain) | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) | Japanese |
| Provenience | Japan | Ulakama |
| Period | Late Paleolithic (uncertain) | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) |
| Date Made | Late Paleolithic, Japan - Yayoi |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Obsidian |
| Technique | Flaked |
| Description | Point or arrowhead. Obsidian flaked stone tool. Triangular point with end contracting into rounded point. Thin and translucent. 29-183-20 is one of many stemmed points in the collection. Stemmed points or arrowheads appear in sites from the Late Paleolithic to Yayoi Period. Without context arrowheads such as these can only be assigned a broad date range. |
| Length | 3.5 cm |
| Width | 1.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
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