Awl
29-183-4
From: Japan | Utafuru Shima
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-183-4 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Late Paleolithic (uncertain) | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) | Japanese |
| Provenience | Japan | Utafuru Shima |
| Period | Late Paleolithic (uncertain) | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) |
| Date Made | Late Paleolithic, Japan - Yayoi |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Obsidian |
| Technique | Flaked |
| Description | Awl. Black shiny obsidian flaked stone tool. Long point on one end. Irregular top part of tool is smooth and roughly triangular with sharp point opposite long awl point. Awls have been found in sites from the Late Paleolithic to the Yayoi Periods. |
| Length | 4.3 cm |
| Width | 2.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
| Other Number | None - Field No SF |
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