Awl
29-192-7
From: Japan | Honshu | Kawachi Province | Tochigi Prefecture
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-192-7 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Late Paleolithic (uncertain) | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) | Japanese |
| Provenience | Japan | Honshu | Kawachi Province | Tochigi Prefecture |
| Period | Late Paleolithic (uncertain) | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) |
| Date Made | Late Paleolithic, Japan - Yayoi |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Stone |
| Technique | Flaked | Chipped |
| Description | Awl or bec. Thick and roughly oval with long projection ending in rounded tip. Made from a secondary flake as part of cortex on end and percussion bulb on side is visible. Gray stone. Awls have been found in sites from the Late Paleolithic to the Yayoi Periods. This example appears to have more in common with the cruder and round tipped becs as described by Takeru Akazawa and others in "The Japanese Paleolithic: A Techno-typological Study." |
| Length | 4.7 cm |
| Width | 3 cm |
| Credit Line | The Chinese Expedition, C. W. Bishop, 1915-1918 |
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