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LOT 1459
Stone Age Large Knapped Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 8TH-5TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/2 - 2 5/8 in. (206 grams total, 37-67 mm).
Large mainly leaf-shaped and lozengiform blades. [20, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound North Africa.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
See Greenwell, David, F., Artefacts of North Africa, privately published, 2005, for much information.
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LOT 1459
Stone Age Large Knapped Arrowhead Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Stone Age Knapped Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 8th-5th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Mainly of triangular profile with small tang. 70 grams total, 24-50 mm
Found North Africa. UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Stone Age Danish Thick-Butted Stone Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 5th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Rectangular in section with a square butt, gently curved polished edge. 392 grams, 14.2 cm
Found Denmark. From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Extremely Large Stone Age 'Melton Constable' Knapped Flint Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 4000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Biconvex in section with square butt and broad cutting edge, regular in shape. 1.3 kg, 22 cm
Found whilst fieldwalking in the Melton Constable area, Norfolk, UK, in the 1960s; thence by descent to the finder's daughter. From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.