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LOT 1547
Stone Age Tenerean Knapped Flint Knife Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6500-6000 B.P.
2 3/4 - 2 7/8 in. (48 grams total, 70-72 mm).
Ecah with long cutting edges and thick butt. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound in the Sahara between Niger, Algeria and Mali.
From an old German collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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Knapped Arrowhead and Mousterian Chert Borer Group
Mousterian-Neolithic Period, 80,000-5000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Including a broad burin, a scaphoid and a triangular arrowhead. 64 grams total, 49-65 mm
The borer found Le Grand Pressigny, France and from an old French collection; the arrowheads found Central France and from an old German collection amassed in the early 20th century. From the family collection of a South East London collector. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Large Stone Age Tenerian Pecked Celt Axe
Neolithic Period, 9th-7th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
With round-section shank and tapering butt, broad cutting edge chipped. 720 grams, 17.5 cm
From South Central Sahara. Ex private French collection, formed 1960s-1970s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Acheulian Knapped Scraper/Implement Group
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 700,000-600,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Including one with cortex to the narrow upper face, and other types. 442 grams total, 7.3-11.9 cm
Found Le Grand Pressigny, Touraine, France. From an old French collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
