STONE AGE BRITISH KNAPPED FLINT SICKLE-KNIFE Neolithic, 3000-1500 BC A fully bifacial and very finely knapped sickle-knife in a variagated grey flint with convex outer edge and almost straight inner; the butt knapped and the edges showing considerable wear polish. 76 grams, 14.5 cm (5 3/4"). Very fine condition. Provenance Property of a gentleman, by descent from the vendor's father, who formed his collection in the 1990s; found Cambridgeshire, UK in 1978. Literature Cf. Evans, John, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p. 355, fig. 267a for a very similar example.
STONE AGE BRITISH KNAPPED FLINT SICKLE-KNIFE Neolithic, 3000-1500 BC A fully bifacial and very finely knapped sickle-knife in a variagated grey flint with convex outer edge and almost straight inner; the butt knapped and the edges showing considerable wear polish. 76 grams, 14.5 cm (5 3/4"). Very fine condition. Provenance Property of a gentleman, by descent from the vendor's father, who formed his collection in the 1990s; found Cambridgeshire, UK in 1978. Literature Cf. Evans, John, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p. 355, fig. 267a for a very similar example.
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