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LOT 1469
Stone Age Arrowhead Collection
5TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
7/8 - 2 5/8 in. (135 grams total, 21-68 mm).
Mixed group including scaphoid, tear-shaped, triangular and other types. [25, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK private collection, acquired in the 1950s-1960s.
Property of a Scottish collector, acquired in 2013.
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Stone Age Long Flint Arrowhead Group
Neolithic Period, circa 8th-5th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 140 grams total, 33-56 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Between the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods, some of the most useful human inventions were perfected, including the bow and arrow. The feathered arrow for hunting birds was invented. Most arrows used during hunting were tipped with flint or obsidian, although some had blunt wooden tips to stun birds without injuring them. The bows were made of ash and the strings were made of animal sinews. -
Large Stone Age Twydall Knapped Flint Scraper Tool
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Rounded in form with large band of cortex remaining, old inked inscription '6.K.1069.C / TWYDALL'. 380 grams, 11 cm
Found Twydall, Kent, UK. Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915. Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections. Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis. Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall. -
Stone Age Twydall Knapped Flint Proto-Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Very early form of hand-axe with sturdy point and minimal shaping. 376 grams total, 12.2 cm
Found Twydall, Kent, UK. Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915. Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections. Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis. Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall.
