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LOT 1240
Stone Age Tenerian Culture Flint Tool Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 7500-5300 B.P.
1 3/4 - 3 1/4 in. (300 grams total, 46-83 mm).
Comprising twenty tools, including knives, scrapers and cores. [20, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Tenera Region, of South Central Sahara.
From a private French collection formed in the 1960s-1970s.
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Stone Age Flint Knife Group
Neolithic Period, 6th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising twenty eight specimens with sharp cutting edges. 300 grams total, 5-10.2 cm
Ex Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK. -
Stone Age Quartzite Hand Axe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 1.5-1.0 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Knapped bifacial hand axe of neat form with slightly rounded butt and pointed tip; with old inked 'SOMALI / Seton Karr / Coll. / K' label and a 2020 printed auction 'Part Lot 1851' label; with custom-made display stand. 290 grams total, 12.5 cm including stand
Found North Africa. Ex Seton Karr collection. -
Stone Age Knife Group
Neolithic Period, circa 6th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising thirty flint knives. 88 grams total, 31-57 mm
From the Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK.
