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LOT 1672
Stone Age Mixed Type Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 8TH-6TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
1 1/8 - 1 3/4 in. (248 grams total, 28-43 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]
ProvenanceEx UK gallery, early 2000s.
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LOT 1672
Stone Age Mixed Type Arrowhead Collection
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
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African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Ovate in plan with a curving blade and a narrow butt. 370 grams, 14.5 cm
From Central Sahara, Africa. Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s by Dr J Fehkhaber. Acquired on the European art market. -
Framed English Stone Age Knapped Arrowhead and Tool Collection
Neolithic-Bronze Age Period, circa 6,000-4,000 B.P.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Mixed group of various types, including barbed, tanged, leaf-shaped, and others; set in a glazed box frame. 1.2 kg total, 35.5 x 35.5 cm includimg frame
Found various sites in the UK. From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s. -
Stone Age Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 8th-6th millennium B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 90 grams total, 23-38 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.