Ornament Fragment (uncertain)

Tool Fragment (uncertain)

2347

From: Japan | Honshu | Nagano Prefecture | Chubu Region | Shinshiu

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 2347
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) | Japanese
Provenience Japan | Honshu | Nagano Prefecture | Chubu Region | Shinshiu
Period Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain)
Date Made Paleolithic, Japan - Yayoi
Section Asian
Materials Stone
Technique Flaked | Chipped
Description

Worked stone fragment. Thin piece of gray polished stone. One end pointed. One end rounded. Break along side with drilled hole. 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 | None - Other Number

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