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LOT 1941
Stone Age Tenerian Pecked and Part Polished Celt Axe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 9TH-7TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
4 3/4 in. (257 grams, 12 cm).
With round-section pointed butt and broad curved edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom South Central Sahara.
Ex private French collection, formed 1960s-1970s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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British Stone Age Knapped Flint Turtle Back Scraper from Farnham
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Ovate in plan with intricate retouch around the majority of the piece. 22.2 grams, 41.4 mm
Found 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 to a gentleman in Kent. The collection was then sold again in the 2020’s via a UK auction house.
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Stone Age Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 91 grams total, 22-33 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. -
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Mesolithic Period, circa 12,000-8,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Tongue-shaped in plan with a rounded butt. 227 grams, 12.7 cm
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