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Description : Northern Africa, Sahara Desert, Neolithic period, ca. 6000 to 3500 BCE. An elegant and well-proportioned dark-green chert stone tool used for skinning and slicing, hand-knapped into a thin ovoid form with uniformly sharp edges. 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 produced some of the oldest pottery in the world and, from about 5000 BCE, had domesticated sheep, goats, and cattle. Size: 3 W x 3.4 H (7.6 cm x 8.6 cm), 4.8 H (12.2 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. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #150929
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Estimate (low-high) : 1400 USD-2000 USD It's free to register now to view!

About the lot N° 68A
Title : Neolithic African Flint Knife / Skinning Tool
Size : unknown
Condition report : Minor nicks to faces and edges, otherwise intact and excellent. Nice surface smoothness throughout. Old inventory labels on verso.
Artemis Gallery, auctioneer, Louisville, US It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : Pre-Columbian | Tribal | Ethnographic
Sale date : 30 Jan 2020 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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