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LOT 246727
Stone Age Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 - 1 3/4 in. (118 grams total, 19-46 mm).
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface barbed and tanged flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. See Greenwell, D.F., Artefacts of North Africa, privately published, 2005, for much information. [50, No Reserve]
Provenance
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Literature
See Greenwell, D.F., Artefacts of North Africa, privately published, 2005, for more information.
Footnotes
Similar specimens of arrowheads have been found in the Eastern Sahara Region of Abu Tartur Plateau. Most of the arrowheads came from the El Jarar Neolithic, c. 7700-7300 B.P. (c.6500-6100 B.C.). Other parallels occur in the region of Kharga Oasis.
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LOT 246727
Stone Age Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead Collection
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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