Point

Arrowhead

13184

From: Japan

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 13184
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) | Japanese
Provenience Japan
Period Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain)
Date Made -1893
Section Asian
Materials Stone
Technique Flaked | Chipped
Description

Point or arrowhead (石鏃). Triangular point with deeply concave base with long tangs. Thin. Bifacially retouched. Gray 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 2.6 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Credit Line Exchange with the Japanese Commissioner, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893
Other Number 86? - Other Number

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