Point
Arrowhead
29-183-7
From: Japan | Mukobetsu Hitaka
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-183-7 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Late Paleolithic (uncertain) | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) | Japanese |
| Provenience | Japan | Mukobetsu Hitaka |
| Period | Late Paleolithic (uncertain) | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) |
| Date Made | Late Paleolithic, Japan - Yayoi |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Obsidian |
| Technique | Flaked |
| Description | Point or arrowhead. Diamond shaped bifacially retouched tool. Long point. Short projections at widest point. Shorter rounded point at end. Opaque obsidian, translucent at edges. 29-183-7 is one of many stemmed points in the collection. It is particularly similar to 29-183-6 only slightly larger. 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 | 6.8 cm |
| Width | 2.5 cm |
| Thickness | 0.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
| Other Number | None - Field No SF |
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