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LOT 1575
Stone Age Tenerean Projectile Point Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
1 1/8 - 2 1/2 in. (30 grams total, 29-64 mm).
Mainly triangular types with flat butt. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near the Algerian border, North Africa.
From an old Derby, UK, collection and a private Dorset collection formed in the 1950s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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Large Stone Age Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 414 grams total, 36-61 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. -
Stone Age Collection of Flint Tools and Implements
Palaeolithic-Neolithic Period, circa 200,000-6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Mixed group of points, scrapers and other tools embedded in a foam matrix for transportation. 254 grams total including box, 10-58 mm
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s. -
Stone Age Tenerean Knife and Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 6000-4500 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Mainly triangular in plan with broad square butt. 30 grams total, 31-54 mm
Found in the Sahara between Niger, Algeria and Mali. Ex Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
