Point
Arrowhead
13165
From: Japan | Honshu | Chubu Region | Niigata Prefecture
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 13165 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Late Paleolithic (uncertain) | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) | Japanese |
| Provenience | Japan | Honshu | Chubu Region | Niigata Prefecture |
| Period | Late Paleolithic (uncertain) | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) |
| Date Made | Late Paleolithic, Japan - Yayoi |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Stone |
| Inscription Language | Japanese Language |
| Description | Point or arrowhead (尖頭器). Long wide stem. Bifacially retouched. Brown stone. 13165 is one of many stemmed points in the collection. Stemmed points or arrowheads appear in sites from the Late Paleolithic to Yayoi Period. Without context arrowheads such as these can only be assigned a broad date range. |
| Length | 5.3 cm |
| Width | 2.6 cm |
| Thickness | 0.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with the Japanese Commissioner, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 |
| Other Number | 7? - Other Number |
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