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LOT 1629
Stone Age Knife Blade and Other Tool Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/8 2 1/2 in.- (222 grams total, 27-65 mm).
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. [50, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
LiteratureSee Greenwell, D.F., Artefacts of North Africa, privately published, 2005, for much information.
FootnotesSimilar specimens of arrowheads have been found in the Eastern Sahara Region of Abu Tartur Plateau. Most of the arrowheads came from the El Jarar Neolithic, c. 7700-7300 B.P. (c.6500-6100 B.C.). Other parallels occur in the region of Kharga Oasis.
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Large Stone Age Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface triangular barded and tanged flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 43 grams total, 29-49 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Similar specimens of arrowheads have been found in the Eastern Sahara Region of Abu Tartur Plateau. Most of the arrowheads came from the El Jarar Neolithic, c. 7700-7300 B.P. (c.6500-6100 B.C.). Other parallels occur in the region of Kharga Oasis. -
British Stone Age Flint Axehead Group
Mesolithic Period, circa 12th-8th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Each lentoid in section with lateral cutting edges, the larger with a broad square butt. 269 grams total, 7.6-12.4 cm
From a Derbyshire auction house, UK. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector. -
Stone Age Gravettian Flint Blade Core
Upper Palaeolithic Period, circa 33,000-21,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Sub-rectangular with longitudinal 'fluting'; marked 'Vallée de la Couze 24 14-3-68'. 114 grams, 86 mm
Found Vailee et la Coupe on 14 March 1968. Acquired in the 1970s-1990s. From the collection of the famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). Acquired on the UK art market at auction after being sold by Mr Brox’s family. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
