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LOT 1887
French Stone Age Axe and Other Knapped Flint Tool Display
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
1 1/2 - 4 5/8 in (2.45 kg total including board, 39.12-119.22 mm).
Group of worked flint tools on a display board; various types, some with inked date and findspot (e.g. La Volve 22.11.76). [19, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom various locations in France.
Purchased on the European art market.
Property of a Norfolk, UK, collector.
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LOT 1887
French Stone Age Axe and Other Knapped Flint Tool Display
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
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British Stone Age Knapped Flint Bifacial Knife from Farnham
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Thin and leaf-shaped, made on a very thin flint flake. 7.73 grams, 48 mm
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. -
Stone Age Lozenge-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface lozenge-shaped flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 101 grams total, 22-43 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. -
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Red Stone Handaxe
Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Piriform in profile with many inclusions; old faded collector's label. 495 grams, 14.4 cm
From Goezzam, Sahara. Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s. Purchased on the European art market.
Made from a material with quartzite inclusions.
