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Description : Northern Africa, Sahara Desert, Neolithic period, ca. 6000 to 3500 BCE. An attractive and nicely proportioned tool used for skinning and slicing, hand-knapped from dark green flint. The ovoid tool has smooth surfaces and a uniformly sharp cutting edge. During this time period, weather conditions called the Neolithic Subpluvial meant that the Sahara was a green, fertile landscape, cultures that produced rock art flourished during this time period. The people who lived here had plentiful game to hunt and lived in a place with savannahs and woodlands in which they could have a sustainable hunter-gatherer lifestyle. These people also produced some of the oldest pottery in the world and, from about 5000 BCE, had domesticated cattle, sheep, and goats. Size: 2.6 W x 3.4 H (6.6 cm x 8.6 cm), 6 H (15.2 cm) on included custom stand. Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection, ex-private German collection All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #150923
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