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LOT 1539
Stone Age Medium Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 - 1 1/2 in. (166 grams total, 27-40 mm).
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface piriform and leaf-shaped flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. [50, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
LiteratureSee Greenwell, David, F., Artefacts of North Africa, privately published, 2005, for much information.
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Stone Age Medium Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
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Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface piriform and leaf-shaped flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 166 grams total, 27-40 mm
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