Point
Arrowhead
29-183-22
From: Japan | Hokkaido | Monbetsu
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-183-22 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) | Japanese |
| Provenience | Japan | Hokkaido | Monbetsu |
| Period | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) |
| Date Made | Jomon |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Obsidian |
| Technique | Flaked |
| Description | Point or arrowhead. Obsidian flaked stone tool. Triangular point with concave end. Thin and translucent. 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 | 3 cm |
| Width | 1.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
| Other Number | None - Field No SF |
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