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LOT 1649
Large British Stone Age Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
3 1/8 in. (22 grams, 80 mm).
Plano-convex in section with square tang and lateral ends; median bulb.
ProvenanceFrom a Lancashire auction house, UK.
From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.
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Opening Bid: £250
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Acquired in the 1996. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
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Neolithic Period, circa 6th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Fully polished and of a rounded D-shaped section with tapering butt and gently curved cutting edge. 338 grams, 10.8 cm
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