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LOT 1562
Stone Age Danish Grey Flint Sickle Knife
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2500-1500 B.C.
4 in. (47 grams, 10.1 cm).
With lentoid section and curved back and ribbed cutting edge; rounded recess close to the back to accept the thumb. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Denmark.
Ex Sherman collection.
From the Britton collection, USA.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
Literature
Cf. Madsen, A.P., Antiquités Préhistoriques du Danemark, Copenhague, 1872, pl.24, for type.
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