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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