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LOT 1107
Stone Age Flint Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 8TH-5TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 - 1 3/4 in. (125 grams total, 21-43 mm).
Comprising mostly leaf-shaped flint and chert arrowheads, including one tanged example; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. [50, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
LiteratureSee Greenwell, David, F., Artefacts of North Africa, privately published, 2005, for much information.
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