Descripción : Northern Africa, Sahara Desert, Neolithic period, ca. 6000 to 3500 BCE. A lovely example of a dark-green tool used for skinning and slicing, hand-knapped from flint 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. The people who lived here had plentiful game to hunt and lived in a place with savannahs and woodlands in which they could maintain a sustainable hunter-gatherer lifestyle. These people produced some of the oldest pottery in the world and, from about 5000 BCE, had domesticated cattle, goats, and sheep. Size: 3.3 W x 3.375 H (8.4 cm x 8.6 cm), 6 H (15.2 cm) on included custom stand.
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection, ex-private German collection
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Sobre el lote Lote N° 155A Título : African Neolithic Flint Knife / Skinner Talla : 3 Condition report : Minor nicks to edges and faces commensurate with knapping process, otherwise intact and very good. Nice smooth surfaces throughout. Old inventory label on verso.