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LOT 1473
Stone Age Tilemsi Valley Flint Arrowhead and Point Group
MESOLITHIC PERIOD, 12,000-4000 B.C.
1 - 2 in. (60 grams total, 24-52 mm).
Mainly leaf-shaped and triangular two-edged points. [15, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Tilemsi Valley, Mali, West Africa.
From a collection formed during the 1970s-1980s and acquired on the British art market.
By descent to the current owner in 1988.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
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LOT 1473
Stone Age Tilemsi Valley Flint Arrowhead and Point Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Stone Age Handaxe Group
Lower Palaeolithic Period, 450,000-200,000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: one flat in section with rounded butt, the other plano-convex with broad cutting edge. 846 grams total, 14.2-14.3 cm
Old collection. Private collection, London. -
Stone Age Troussencourt Flint Tool Group
Neolithic Period, 4th-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Biconvex in section with long cutting edges; each with inked find spot 'Troussencourt'. 398 grams total, 8.3-10.5 cm
Found Troussencourt, France. Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection of French artefacts acquired prior to 2000. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector. -
Stone Age Polished Agate Axehead
Tenerean Culture, 5th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Lentoid in section and tongue-shaped in plan with long cutting edges. 124 grams, 12.2 cm
Found North Africa. From a collection formed during the 1970s-1980s and acquired on the British art market. By descent to the current owner in 1988. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
