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LOT 1979
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Trapeze Arrowhead from Farnham
MESOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 12,000-8,000 B.P.
1 in. (0.79 grams, 27.3 mm).
With arched rear edge and straight cutting edge. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found 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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LOT 1979
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Trapeze Arrowhead from Farnham
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
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