French Stone Age Solutrean Knapped Chert Awl - Ex Sir Arthur Evans

UPPER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 22,000-17,000 B.P.

2 3/8 in. (3.99 grams, 59 mm).

Long, thin awl made from a blade, the tip slightly dulled and the base thin and irregular. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found at Fourneau du Diable, Dordogne, an important Upper Palaeolithic prehistoric rock shelter.
Ex Sir Arthur John Evans (1851–1941), British archaeologist and son of Sir John Evans (1823-1908).
Ex Henry Dewey (1876–1965), a prominent British geologist and archaeologist who made seminal contributions to the study of the Palaeolithic period.
Ex R Richard Widdowson, a well-known UK-based antiquities specialist who owned the gallery 'Ancient Times' in Scarborough in Southern England.
Ex J Weston Smith.

Accompanied by an illustrated envelope and two collector's information cards.

CONDITION

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