Object Number | 13143 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Late Paleolithic | Japanese |
Provenience | Japan |
Period | Upper Paleolithic |
Date Made | Late Paleolithic, Japan |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Stone |
Technique | Flaked |
Description | Stone tool. Knife or point. Long narrow tool coming to a rounded point at both ends. Wider at center. Flaked entire length of tool and on both sides. One end has traces of red pigment. Pearson-examples 12, 14, date to Late Paleolithic period ca. 11,000 BC, represent the late paleolithic in Hokkaido 10 and 13 in. long-largest and 114 early late Yayoi, Nara called stone spear. |
Length | 11.3 cm |
Width | 3.2 cm |
Thickness | 1.2 cm |
Credit Line | Exchange with the Japanese Commissioner, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 |
Other Number | 1 - Other Number |
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