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LOT 1215
Stone Age Flint Tanged and Other Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 8TH-5TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 - 1 7/8 in. (73 grams total, 25-48 mm).
Comprising mostly mixed types of flint and chert arrowheads, including leaf, tanged, barbed and tanged and hollow base types; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. [50, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
LiteratureSee Greenwell, David, Fling Artefacts of North Africa, privately published, 2005, for much information.
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UK gallery, early 2000s. -
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