Point
29-183-28
From: Japan | Monsep
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-183-28 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) | Japanese |
| Provenience | Japan | Monsep |
| Period | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) |
| Date Made | Jomon |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Obsidian |
| Technique | Flaked |
| Description | Point or arrowhead. Obsidian flaked stone tool. Long triangular point with concave base forming barbs. One barb is broken off. 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 | 4 cm |
| Width | 1.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
| Other Number | None - Field No SF |
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