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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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British Stone Age Drill Tool from Farnham
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Piriform in profile with thick median section. 13.9 grams, 54 mm
Found Farnham, Kent, in 1901. From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent. After Captain Streatfield passed away in the 1940s, his collection was sold at auction. -
Danish Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Leaf-shaped in plan with rounded butt, old label '6.294'. 265 grams, 14.2 cm
Found Vejle, Jutland, Denmark. From an old collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
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.
