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LOT 1771
Stone Age Humid Phase Flint Arrowheads, Points and Scrapers
MESOLITHIC-NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 12,000-4,000 B.P.
3/4 - 2 1/8 in. (120 grams total, 18-53 mm).
Including lanceolate, barbed-and-tanged, triangular-section and other types. [72, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Mali, North Africa.
From a collection formed during the 1970s-1980s and acquired on the British art market.
By descent to the current owner in 1988.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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LOT 1771
Stone Age Humid Phase Flint Arrowheads, Points and Scrapers
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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Found Mali, North Africa. From a collection formed during the 1970s-1980s and acquired on the British art market. By descent to the current owner in 1988. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
