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LOT 1655
British Stone Age Flint Awl from Farnham
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
2 1/2 in. (36.3 grams, 63 mm).
Comprising a thick flat-faced shank and thin lateral spike; some cortex remaining. [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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French Stone Age Mousterian Flint Drill
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Triangular in section and in plan with a broad butt and a sharp point. 20.86 grams, 55 mm
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Stone Age Lozenge-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface lozenge-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 76 grams total, 16-42 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. -
Stone Age Thick-Butted Polished Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 5500-2200 B.P.Estimate: £350 - 550 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £180
Worked on all sides to a slightly asymmetrical profile with rectangular cross-section; irregular butt and rounded cutting edge, sides knapped but not polished; butt roughly retouched on surface and edges for attachment of the haft; edge chipped; light grey flint with darker and lighter hues and white spots and patches. 411 grams, 15.2 cm
Hervé Bouraly, Paris, between 1965-1974. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00134589.
