Point

Arrowhead

29-183-39

From: Japan | Hokkaido | Uragawa | Uragawa Hill

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-183-39
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) | Japanese
Provenience Japan | Hokkaido | Uragawa | Uragawa Hill
Period Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain)
Date Made Jomon
Section Asian
Materials Obsidian
Technique Flaked
Description

Point or arrowhead. Obsidian flaked stone tool. Triangular with concave end. Thin. Translucent throughout. 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 2.1 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1929

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