| Object Number | 13180 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Late Paleolithic (uncertain) | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) | Japanese |
| Provenience | Japan |
| Period | Late Paleolithic (uncertain) | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) |
| Date Made | Late Paleolithic, Japan - Yayoi |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Obsidian |
| Technique | Flaked | Chipped |
| Description | Point or arrowhead (石鏃). Triangular point. Convex base. Stem may be missing. Thin. Bifacially retouched. Black streaked semi-translucent obsidian. This is an example of the flat narrow leaf-shaped bifacially retouched points. This type of arrowhead has been found in excavated sites from the end of the Late Paleolithic up to the Yayoi periods and are found throughout Japan. For example, leaf-shaped points have been uncovered at Etchuyama, Yamagata Prefecture, Northern Honshu. This site is one of the earliest with this type of point and has been dated to c. 14,000 B.P. These arrowheads are part of a long-lasting and far-reaching technology in arrowhead production which began in the Late Paleolithic Period. |
| Length | 3.5 cm |
| Width | 1.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with the Japanese Commissioner, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 |
| Other Number | 18? or 81? - Other Number |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.