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LOT 1723
Stone Age Knapped Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
1 1/8 - 1 3/4 in. (45 grams total, 28-46 mm).
Deltoid, leaf-shaped and barbed types each in a collector's archive box with label. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Tillemsi, Mali, West Africa.
Acquired Oxford show, UK, July 2010.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N159a-c; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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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Stone Age Knapped Chopper
Lower Palaeolithic Period, 450,000-280,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Irregular in plan, water-worn with much cortex in situ, broad cutting edge; inked legend 'P2'. 220 grams, 10.8 cm
Found 410 Building, Westcott, Buckinghamshire, UK, 1970. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.P2; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age Flint Blade Core
Mesolithic Period, 14,000-8,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
With facetting where blade-flakes have been removed; inked legend 'M14-137'. 66.1 grams, 62 mm
Found Lodge Hill North Side, Waddesdon Buckinghamshire, UK. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.M14; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age British Worked Flint Arrowhead and Boring Tool Group
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Including barbed-and-tanged arrowheads, burins, leaf-shaped blades and other items. 99 grams total, 26-62 mm
Found on various sites in North East Essex, UK, since 1983. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
