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LOT 1449
Stone Age Knapped Long Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 8TH-5TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 3/8 - 2 in. (168 grams total, 33-52 mm).
Mainly with one flat and one ridged face, rounded butt. [50, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound North Africa.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
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LOT 1449
Stone Age Knapped Long Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
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Stone Age 'Central France' Chestnut-Brown Knapped Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, 70,000-60,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Cordate in plan with finely worked edges. 240 grams, 12.2 cm
Found in Central France. From an old French collection formed in the early 1900s. From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector. -
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Gigantic Stone Age 'Mauritania' Classic Teardrop-Shaped Handaxe
Acheulean Period, 1,000,000-500,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Biconvex in section with unusual patination, regular profile, some cortex remaining. 1.36 kg, 22.8 cm
Found Mauritania, North-West Africa. Part of an old French collection formed in the 1930s-1940s. Acquired on the French art market. From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector. -
'The General Sir George Cockburn' Stone Age Flint Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 5th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
Mixed group including leaf-shaped, barbed and barbed-and-tanged types, each with inked collector's number and card giving details of provenance. 33.2 grams total, 29-71 mm
Probably from the collection of General Sir George Cockburn (1763-1947), Shanganagh Castle, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, sold at auction between 1935-1939. Accompanied by an old handwritten identification card.
