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LOT 1554
Large Stone Age Danish Grey Flint Sickle Knife
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2500-1500 B.C.
5 3/4 in. (175 grams, 14.7 cm).
With lentoid section and long curved cutting edge; collector's inked number '57'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Southern Denmark.
Ex Sherman collection.
From the Britton collection, USA.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
Cf. Madsen, A.P., Antiquités Préhistoriques du Danemark, Copenhague, 1872, pl.24, for type.
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