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LOT 1430
Stone Age Knapped Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 8TH-5TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 - 2 in. (70 grams total, 24-50 mm).
Mainly of triangular profile with small tang. [30, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound North Africa.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
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LOT 1430
Stone Age Knapped Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
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Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 240,000-38,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Roughly leaf-shaped in profile with some cortex to one face. 1.44 kg, 18.5 cm
Previously acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of a Kent, UK, collector.