Point
Arrowhead
29-183-42
From: Japan | Hokkaido | Uragawa | Uragawa Hill
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-183-42 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Late Paleolithic (uncertain) | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) | Japanese |
| Provenience | Japan | Hokkaido | Uragawa | Uragawa Hill |
| Period | Late Paleolithic (uncertain) | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) |
| Date Made | Late Paleolithic, Japan - Yayoi |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Obsidian |
| Technique | Flaked |
| Description | Point or arrowhead. Flaked stone tool made of black obsidian. Triangular in shape with long point and sides at end contracting to short wide tang. Tip broken off. 29-183-42 is one of many stemmed points in the collection. Stemmed points or arrowheads appear in sites from the Late Paleolithic to Yayoi Period. Without context arrowheads such as these can only be assigned a broad date range. |
| Length | 4 cm |
| Width | 2 cm |
| Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
| Other Number | None - Field No SF |
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