Awl
29-183-5
From: Japan | Utafuru Shima
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-183-5 |
| 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. Thin oval flake with small fine retouched projection point. Cortex on opposite side from point. Black shiny obsidian. Awls with projecting retouched tips appear at excavated sites from the Late Paleolithic to Late Yayoi Periods. |
| Length | 3.2 cm |
| Width | 2.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
| Other Number | None - Field No SF |
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