Point
Arrowhead
2319
From: Japan | Honshu | Chubu Region | Nagano Prefecture | Shinshiu
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 2319 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) | Japanese |
| Provenience | Japan | Honshu | Chubu Region | Nagano Prefecture | Shinshiu |
| Period | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) |
| Date Made | Paleolithic, Japan - Yayoi |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Obsidian |
| Technique | Flaked | Chipped |
| Description | Arrowhead or point. Triangular point with concave end forming long barbs. Tip of one barb missing. 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. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Francis C. Macauley, Esq., 1890 |
| Other Number | None - Field No SF |
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