African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 15th December 2021
Lot 835
A North African grinding stone
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £320
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Description
A North African grinding stone
probably circa 2000 BC
collected in 1975 south of Kufra, Libya,
10.8cm long,
a Stone Age stone large hand axe, collected in 1984 near Zalim, Saudi Arabia, 14.2cm long, a red stone spear head, collected in 1983 at Harrat Rahat, Saudi Arabia, 5.2cm long and a basalt axe head, collected in 1980 from a wadi bed near Jeddah, 5.8cm long, and a collection of Sahara pottery fragments, collected in 1974 from South Libya near the Chad border, many with a black core and finely incised decorated exterior, and a fragment with a cane-like matrix. (17)
Provenance
Collected by John W. Smith, geologist, collected whilst conducting geological surveys in the stated areas.