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LOT 1595
British Stone Age Hollow Based Flint Arrowhead from Farnham
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
1 3/8 in. (3.27 grams, 37 mm).
Linguiform type with scooped butt. [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 1595
British Stone Age Hollow Based Flint Arrowhead from Farnham
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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