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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]

Provenance

UK gallery, early 2000s.

Literature

See Greenwell, David, Fling Artefacts of North Africa, privately published, 2005, for much information.

CONDITION

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LOT 1215

Stone Age Flint Tanged and Other Arrowhead Collection

Sold for (Inc. bp): £65

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