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LOT 0271
Massive North American Stone Age Knapped Grey Chert Ceremonial Adena Spear Point
EARLY WOODLAND PERIOD, CIRCA 2500-1900 B.P.
10 3/8 in. (193 grams, 26.3 cm).
With yellow patina and some polished areas, a ceremonial blade of exceptional length, fashioned from high-quality chert with controlled percussion flaking and well-balanced symmetry.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1977 by the archaeologist owner from a private collection in Ohio, USA.
FootnotesBlades of this size exceed functional hunting requirements and belong to the class of oversized ritual pieces placed in high-status Adena mound burials. This spearpoint is a rare and impressive example of Early Woodland craftsmanship.
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LOT 0271
Massive North American Stone Age Knapped Grey Chert Ceremonial Adena Spear Point
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
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Stone Age Mixed Type Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 8th-6th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 248 grams total, 28-43 mm
Ex UK gallery, early 2000s. -
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French Stone Age Mousterian Knapped Flint Bifacial Handaxe
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 300,000-150,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Cordate in profile and biconvex in section with broad rounded edge; from the sought-after banded flint of the Bergerac area; made by Neanderthal. 167 grams, 89 mm
From the Bergerac area of the Dordogne, France. Acquired on the UK art market in the 2020s. From a private collection. -
Farnham Stone Age Flint Arrowhead Group
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £355
Comprising two barbed-and-tanged arrowheads, two leaf-shaped arrowheads, one with a collector's note 'N.DENE WAVERLEY'; and one scraper-type implement with a slightly curving bevelled edge. 11.3 grams total, 22-36 mm
Found during the original official excavations in the Farnham area, Surrey, UK, which were conducted by Harold Faulker (1875-1963), and William Francis Rankine (c.1877-1962), who were instrumental with the excavation works and pit dwellings at sites including Six Bells, Frensham, Tilford, Thursley and Bagshot, and Waverley, amongst others at and near Farnham in the 1930s and 1940s. Much of the material is now in the prestigious Farnham museum. The present part of the collection having been gifted to their good friend and Haselmere Parish Priest, Charles Borelli (c.1914-2000) of Farnham; who was part of the Borelli family from Italy who emigrated from Lake Como in 1828 to set up the Borelli family watch and jewellery business; thence by family descent to his nephew.
Farnham district is one of the most interesting prehistoric regions in England, and has been visited by a succession of prehistoric peoples from Palaeolithic times onwards. Along the southern slope of the Farnham valley are three gravel terraces, which are famous prehistorically and have yielded large quantities of flint implements and bones of prehistoric animals, notably the mammoth. In prehistoric times, the chalk deposits played an important role in attracting settlers, as they contained rich layers of flint nodules used to make implements. The Farnham Gravels have been an abundant source of Palaeolithic finds, most prominent being hand axes. The axes differ in type, and each type is associated with a cultural phase of the Palaeolithic period. Types similar to these are found in similar deposits in the Somme valley and in many English valley gravels. Flint mining was also carried out by the Neolithic folk. Polished axes and leaf forms, arrowheads and knives, or possibly lance heads, are characteristic of the Neolithic flint work.
