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LOT 1574
British Stone Age Drill Tool from Farnham
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
2 1/8 in. (13.9 grams, 54 mm).
Piriform in profile with thick median section. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Farnham, Kent, in 1901.
From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent.
After Captain Streatfield passed away in the 1940s, his collection was sold at auction.
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