Object Number | 13197 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) | Japanese |
Provenience | Japan |
Period | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) |
Date Made | Paleolithic, Japan - Yayoi |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Stone |
Technique | Flaked |
Description | Point or arrowhead (石鏃). Triangular with concave base and rounded barbs. Chip in side. Dark colored opaque 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 | 2.3 cm |
Width | 2.5 cm |
Credit Line | Exchange with the Japanese Commissioner, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 |
Other Number | 24 - Other Number |
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