Point

Arrowhead

13176

From: Japan

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 13176
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) | Japanese
Provenience Japan
Period Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain)
Date Made Jomon - Yayoi
Section Asian
Materials Stone
Technique Flaked
Description

Point or arrowhead (石鏃). Elongated triangle with concave end and rounded barbs. Reworked on both sides. Gray opaque stone. 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 2.5 cm
Width 1.6 cm
Credit Line Exchange with the Japanese Commissioner, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893
Other Number 25 - Other Number

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