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LOT 1954
British Stone Age Mousterian Knapped Flint Bifacial Handaxe from Farnham Made by Neanderthal Man
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000 TO 60,000 B.P.
2 1/2 in. (66 grams, 64.4 mm).
Ovate in form with thick butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound 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.
Artefacts from this period in Great Britain are not common.
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LOT 1954
British Stone Age Mousterian Knapped Flint Bifacial Handaxe from Farnham Made by Neanderthal Man
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
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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.
