Point
Arrowhead
2329
From: Japan | Honshu | Chubu Region | Nagano Prefecture | Shinshiu
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 2329 |
| 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 | Stone |
| Technique | Flaked | Chipped |
| Description | Point or arrowhead. Plump triangule with concave base. Retouched on both sides. 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 | None - Other Number |
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