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LOT 1482
Stone Age Flint Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 8TH-5TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 - 2 in. (152 grams total, 24-52 mm).
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped flint and chert arrowhead; 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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