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British Stone Age Chisel Tip Flint Arrowhead from Farnham British Stone Age Chisel Tip Flint Arrowhead from Farnham British Stone Age Chisel Tip Flint Arrowhead from Farnham
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LOT 1618

British Stone Age Chisel Tip Flint Arrowhead from Farnham

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.

1 1/8 in. (3.27 grams, 30 mm).

Triangular in plan with chamfered edges. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Farnham, Surrey, UK, in 1901.
From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent.

Footnotes

After Captain Streatfield passed away in the 1940s, his collection was sold at auction to a gentleman in Kent. The collection was then sold again in the 2020’s via a UK auction house.

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LOT 1618

British Stone Age Chisel Tip Flint Arrowhead from Farnham

Sold for (Inc. bp): £390

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