Scraper
29-183-13
From: Japan | Hokkaido | Tomabetsu
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-183-13 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Jomon | Japanese |
| Provenience | Japan | Hokkaido | Tomabetsu |
| Period | Jomon |
| Date Made | Jomon |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Obsidian |
| Technique | Flaked |
| Description | Scraper. Long handle. Same curving and slightly twisted shape as stemmed scrapers but not indented at stem. Shiny black obsidian. Scrapers were found throughout the Jomon period. 29-183-13 may be compared with the elongated stemmed scrapers such as 29-183-2, 29-183-3, 29-183-10, 29-183-12 and 29-183-26 which are especially prevalent in northern Japan. This example comes from Hokkaido. |
| Length | 6.3 cm |
| Width | 2.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
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