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LOT 1500
Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 3/4 in. (376 grams, 17.3 cm).
Tongue-shaped in profile and lentoid in section with straight edge and broad pointed butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Tilemsi, Mali, Africa.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N192; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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Stone Age Le Monchel Flint Tool Group
Neolithic Period, 4th-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising a discoid scraper and triangular piercing tool, with some remains of cortex; each with inked find spot 'Le Monchel'. 291 grams total, 7.4-12.2 mm
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Stone Age Tilemsi Valley Flint Knife Group
Mesolithic Period, 12,000-4000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Mainly leaf-shaped two-edged blades with rounded butt. 125 grams total, 63-88 mm
Found Tilemsi Valley, Mali, West 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. -
Stone Age Hedencourt Flint Tool Group
Neolithic Period, 4th-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Plano-convex and lentoid-section with some cortex to surface; each with inked find spot 'Hedencourt'. 306 grams total, 76-89 mm
Found Hedencourt, France. Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection of French artefacts acquired prior to 2000. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
