Point
29-183-49
From: Japan | Hokkaido | Uragawa | Uragawa Hill
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-183-49 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) | Japanese |
| Provenience | Japan | Hokkaido | Uragawa | Uragawa Hill |
| Period | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) |
| Date Made | Jomon |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Obsidian |
| Technique | Flaked |
| Description | Point. Flaked stone tool made of black obsidian. Triangular with concave end. Thin. Translucent at edges with streaks. Tip of point is broken. 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 | 3.4 cm |
| Width | 1.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
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