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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]

Provenance

Found 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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LOT 1723

Stone Age Knapped Arrowhead Collection

Sold for (Inc. bp): £65

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