Point
Arrowhead
29-183-24
From: Japan | Mukobetsu
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-183-24 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Late Paleolithic (uncertain) | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) | Japanese |
| Provenience | Japan | Mukobetsu |
| Period | Late Paleolithic (uncertain) | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) |
| Date Made | Late Paleolithic, Japan - Yayoi |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Obsidian |
| Technique | Flaked |
| Description | Point. Elongated with points at both ends. Unevenly retouched on both sides. Black obsidian. 13186, 13192, 13200, 29-192-9 and 29-183-24 are very narrow elongated bifacially retouched points. Each one is quite wide in the center. 29-192-9 is the largest of the group. These objects are probably another form of arrowhead or point which can tentatively be dated anywhere from the Late Paleolithic Period to Yayoi Period. |
| Length | 2.8 cm |
| Width | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
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