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Arrowhead (<i>Yanone</i>)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a spearhead with a long, thin handle. The spearhead is silver-colored and shaped like a pointed oval with the pointed end up, and a long thin neck at the bottom that connects to the handle. The spearhead has an oval-shaped hole in the center, and within the oval are two smaller, linked oval-shaped holes. The spearhead appears old and weathered. The background is black. The title of the image is "Arrowhead (Yanone)" by an unknown artist.

Artwork details

Date:
18th century
Medium:
Steel
Culture:
Japanese
Dimensions:
600 × 480 px
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