| Object Number | 13172 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) | Japanese |
| Provenience | Japan |
| Period | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) |
| Date Made | Jomon - Yayoi |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Obsidian |
| Technique | Flaked |
| Description | Arrowhead or point (石鏃) . Triangular point with concave end forming barbs. Thin and translucent obsidian. This is one of more than forty bifacially retouched arrowheads with concave bases in the collection. This form of arrowhead occurs in sites from the Jomon to Yayoi Period. They can be found throughout Japan. |
| Length | 2.6 cm |
| Width | 2.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with the Japanese Commissioner, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 |
| Other Number | 14 or 19? - Other Number |
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