Tool
2288
From: Japan | Honshu | Kanagawa Prefecture | Yokohama
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 2288 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Paleolithic (uncertain) | Jomon (uncertain) | Japanese |
| Provenience | Japan | Honshu | Kanagawa Prefecture | Yokohama |
| Period | Late Paleolithic (uncertain) | Jomon (uncertain) |
| Date Made | Late Paleolithic, Japan - Jomon |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Stone |
| Technique | Flaked | Chipped |
| Inscription Language | English Language |
| Description | Elongated and irregular shaped tool. Gray stone. Tool is similar in crudeness and unifacially chipped character to the unifacially chipped adzes of the Late Paleolithic and Jomon Periods. Like 2283, it has a ridge down one side. The purpose of this tool is ambiguous. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Francis C. Macauley, Esq., 1890 |
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