Sales catalogue: Christies

Date:: 14th July 1924

Reference:: WA/HMM/CM/Sal/4/160

Credit: Sales catalogue: Christies. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$42 | ae 3 -—; £’ | Fifty-two others, equally as fine. All from Scotland “G2~ IO >. a + =. 5 | Another selection, fifty-two specimens, all of Scottish origin ; + chiefly the unbarbed forms. (This lot contains a few imitations by ‘“ Flint Jack,’ but most of the examples _ are genuine) §2-—~JIO- YS) 5° GiB* Fitty well-chosen examples of Neolithic arrow-heads, from ; sek ~~ Scotland, comprising the leaf-shaped, lozenge-shaped and. triangular forms a 5 | Another selection, similar to the above of Sonky 504 / LES | rat Forty-eight miscellaneous Neolithic arrow-heads, from Scot- Thr oo land; also a few odd arrow-heads, buttons, beads, &c..,. foe in various parts of England—Speeton, Driffield, Brigg, Thetford and Scarborough (see eaxclopar A if very interesting lot 419 Hight Neolithic stone celts, of pointed oval section, from Scotland 8. 420 Six others, four of large size, also Scottish (5 421 ive fine Neolithic celts, of oval section, from Scotland D: 422 Seven others, all from Scotland eae eS | 493 An Imriement, of stone, consisting of a thick rectangular | block with flat surface—7 im. by 5 im.; from the under side project two solid and slightly tapering handles like short legs of a stool. Probably the object was an unusual form of grain crusher, worked with both hands. Unique. Found in Scotland Fan ae, eae See Illustration facing p. 58 A Anti, fame 2: 494 -A Laroe Axe-Hammer, of stone, of the Neolithic Age. { Found in Scotland Le 425 Another, the perforation unfinished; also a perforated stone adze; and six very interesting examples of grinding-~ stones, showing various stages of evolution. All from Scotland 8. VY 496 Seven examples of hammer-stones, comprising three of simple form which show the contusion caused by use, and four with more er less deep depressions for getting a firmer grip. All from Scotland 427 Three examples of perforated hammer-stones; and three$

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