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LOT 2984
Stone Age Mixed Type Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 - 1 3/4 in. (109 grams total, 23-43 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 2984
Stone Age Mixed Type Arrowhead Collection
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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North American Obsidian Lance Point
Paleo-Indian, circa 3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Leaf-shaped in plan with a rounded butt and sharp tip; with a handwritten note reading 'Obsidian (black volcanic glass) lance point. Probably Mississippi area, c. 3rd millennium BC.' 78.1 grams, 15.7 cm
Probably found Mississippi Valley, Arkansas, U.S.A. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by an old handwritten information slip by Peter Clayton. -
Large Stone Age Red Quatzite Acheulean Cordate Handaxe
Lower-Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 500,000-250,000 B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Leaf-shaped in plan with rounded butt; inked inscription '16/2 S/W, Foum Zguid, Marokko, 89'. 429 grams, 13.5 cm
Found Zguid, Morocco, North Africa. From a private collection formed during the 1970s-1980s, having been acquired on the British art market; thence by descent to the current owner in 1998. -
Large Danish Stone Age Boat-Shaped Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With a squared butt, slightly curving cutting edge and a round socket; chipped to upper and lower faces. 814 grams, 14.1 cm
Ex old German collection of Dr J Fehkhaber, formed in the 1970s.
