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LOT 1718
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
5 3/4 in. (370 grams, 14.5 cm).
Ovate in plan with a curving blade and a narrow butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Central Sahara, Africa.
Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s by Dr J Fehkhaber.
Acquired on the European art market.
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French Stone Age Knapped Flint Knife
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Leaf-shaped with thickened butt. 21.5 grams, 59 mm
From the area of Gran Pressigny, Indre-et-Loire, France. Acquired in the 1970s-1990s. From the collections of the famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). Acquired on the UK art market in the 2020s. From a private collection. -
Stone Age Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 8th-6th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising mostly bifacial and unifacial barbed and tanged flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 118 grams total, 19-46 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Similar specimens of arrowheads have been found in the Eastern Sahara Region of Abu Tartur Plateau. Most of the arrowheads came from the El Jarar Neolithic, c. 7700-7300 B.P. (c.6500-6100 B.C.). Other parallels occur in the region of Kharga Oasis. -
Framed North American Stone Age Knapped Arrowhead and Tool Collection
Woodland Period, circa 2,500 B.P. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £286
Mixed group of various types, including barbed, tanged, a curved dagger, and others; set in a glazed box frame. 2.09 kg total, 44.7 x 44.7 cm includimg frame
From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s.
