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LOT 1651
British Stone Age Flint Awl from Farnham
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
1 3/4 in. (18.4 grams, 45 mm).
Pelta-shaped in plan and plano-convex in section with sturdy drilling spike. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Farnham, Surrey, UK, 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 to a gentleman in Kent. The collection was then sold again in the 2020’s via a UK auction house.
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