Detail View: The AMICA Library: Spearhead
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.1975.268.200
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AMICA Library Year:
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2002
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Description:
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Careful workmanship and attention to the natural beauty of the material are evident in many of the tools, weapons, and ornaments found in Jomon sites. Stone tools, which were first roughly fashioned in Paleolithic times , were by the Jomon period meticulously chipped and smoothly polished, attesting to the ancient roots of Japan's renowned penchant for refined design and workmanship. This hunting implement, for example, is characterized by a carefully formed leaf shape and evenly beveled edges that required great skill and patience to create.
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Creator Nationality:
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Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Japan
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Title:
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Spearhead
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View:
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Principal view
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Creation Date:
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Date unknown
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Materials and Techniques:
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Stone
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Style or Period:
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Late Jomon period (ca. 1500?1000 B.C.)
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Creation Place:
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Japan
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Dimensions:
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L. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York
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ID Number:
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1975.268.200
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Credit Line:
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The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest , and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
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Copyright:
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Copyright ? 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art . All rights reserved.
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Rights:
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.h1_1975.268.200.tif.tif
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