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LOT 2372
Native American Leaf-Shaped Stone Arrowhead Group
EARLY ARCHAIC PERIOD, 8TH-5TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 5/8 - 3 3/4 in. (66 grams total, 93-95 mm).
Each lentoid in section with thick rounded end, one with slight bulb behind the point. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
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North American Stone Tool Collection
Woodland Period, circa 7900-6900 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Including scrapers and a triangular obsidian arrowhead. 125 grams total, 33-84 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
When the first arrowheads were developed in the Woodland culture, the bow and arrow began to replaced the spear and atlatl in hunting and warfare. The collection comprises a very interesting and old Amos type of arrowhead, This kind of tip was corner notched, with often serrated blade and the tip slightly off-center -
Native American Stone Axehead Group
Woodland Period, 3rd-10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising one lentoid in section with narrow cutting edge and stepped butt with socket; one flat in section with broad edge and waisted butt. 1.4 kg total, 17.5-18.8 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Native American Ohio Barbed Stone Arrowhead Group
Early Archaic Period, 8th-5th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Each with broad triangular blade. stepped profile to neck, one with scooped upper edge to the tang; one with pencilled note 'Cuss.Co / Mo', the other with inked noe 'ELYRIA, OHIO / LORRAIN CO'. 70 grams total, 9.5-11.4 cm
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
