STONE AGE SCANDINAVIAN KNAPPED FLINT SICKLE Neolithic, 6th-mid 2nd millennium BC A fully bifacial sickle blade of excellent workmanship, possibly of Danish origin, for right-handed use and once mounted in a wood or bone handle at the butt end; formed in a transluscent brown-grey flint with wear-use polish to underside, the concave cutting edge and the upper surface of the tip end, point lost in antiquity. 68 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). Very fine condition. Provenance Private collection, acquired early 1980s. Literature Cf. Petersen, P. V., Flint Fra Danmarks Oldtid, Denmark, 2008, number 246.
STONE AGE SCANDINAVIAN KNAPPED FLINT SICKLE Neolithic, 6th-mid 2nd millennium BC A fully bifacial sickle blade of excellent workmanship, possibly of Danish origin, for right-handed use and once mounted in a wood or bone handle at the butt end; formed in a transluscent brown-grey flint with wear-use polish to underside, the concave cutting edge and the upper surface of the tip end, point lost in antiquity. 68 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). Very fine condition. Provenance Private collection, acquired early 1980s. Literature Cf. Petersen, P. V., Flint Fra Danmarks Oldtid, Denmark, 2008, number 246.
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