North African / Sahara 

DESCRIPTION: A beautiful example of a fine grained Quartzite blade from the deserts of the Sahara, North Africa.  It dates from the Early Neolithic and possibly from the El Adam or El Nabta type cultures (10,000 years ago).  This artifact was surface collected in the 1950's by an oil exploration scientist in remote regions of the Central Sahara, and examined by the Peabody Museum. This blade is tan colored with light red undertones with an almond shape.  It measures 49mm by 28mm, is very thin, and is in pristine Neolithic condition with excellent retouches on both leading edges.

DESCRIPTION: A beautiful example of a fine grained Quartzite blade from the deserts of the Sahara, North Africa.  It dates from the Early Neolithic and possibly from the El Adam or El Nabta type cultures (10,000 years ago).  This artifact was surface collected in the 1950's by an oil exploration scientist in remote regions of the Central Sahara, and examined by the Peabody Museum. This blade is caramel colored with a fine grain sugar texture.  It measures 61mm by 45mm, and is in excellent condition with nice retouches on all edges.
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PRICE: $63.00   SOLD   ITEM NO: SA27-C1

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DESCRIPTION: This rare sickle from the deserts of the Sahara, North Africa, dates from the Early Neolithic.  Sickle blades were used to cut grasses and process grains in the African Sahara Desert, dating back at least 10,000 years.  This artifact was surface collected in the 1950's by an oil exploration scientist in remote regions of the Central Sahara, and examined by the Peabody Museum. The sickle is caramel colored with light orange colored banding.  It has a fine grain sugar texture.  It measures 61mm by 32mm, nice and large and extremely thin. It is in perfect condition. 

PRICE: $84.00   SOLD   ITEM NO: SA27-D1

DESCRIPTION: A nice example of a fine to medium grained Quartzite leaf blade from the Sahara desert, North Africa.  It dates from the Late Neolithic (6,500 years ago).  This artifact was surface collected in the 1950's by an oil exploration scientist in remote regions of the Central Sahara, and examined by the Peabody Museum. This blade is chocolate brown colored and measures 59mm by 25mm and 8mm wide. It has two notches near the top of the point along with fine retouched along the perimeter of the piece.  This artifact shows no signs of modern damage as evident by the even patina on all flake scars. 

PRICE: $64.00   Sold   ITEM NO: SA27-F1

DESCRIPTION: A beautiful large example of a Medium grained Quartzite blade from the deserts of the Sahara, North Africa.  It dates from the Early Neolithic and possibly from the El Adam or El Nabta type cultures (10,000 years ago).  This artifact was surface collected in the 1950's by an oil exploration scientist in remote regions of the Central Sahara, and examined by the Peabody Museum. This large blade has rosy-caramel color with a medium grain texture.  It measures 88mm by 33mm, and is in excellent condition with a perfect point, fine retouches on the upper portion of the blade and larger flake scars on the tapered base end.  This may indicate that it was hafted to a shaft as a spear point.

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PRICE: $92.00  Sold   ITEM NO: SA27-G1

Neolithic arrowhead found in the Niger-Mali desert. Made of light gray opaque and translucent chert. This point is a stemmed point style, measuring 22mm by 16mm.  The workmanship is good.  It dates from approximately  5000-3000 B.C. SOLD
PRICE: $23.00     
ITEM NO: NM-36

Neolithic arrowhead found in the Niger-Mali desert. Made of light peach colored chert with bluish under tones. This point is a nice denticulated laurel-leaf shape with 15 plus notches, measuring 27mm by 10mm.  The workmanship is fine. It dates from approximately 
5000-3000 B.C.
PRICE: $31.00     
ITEM NO: NM-35

Neolithic arrowhead discovered in the Sahara desert, (Mali and Mauritania). Made of light tan colored opaque chert with honey and brown banding. This point is of the laurel-leaf style, measuring 28mm by 11mm.  The workmanship is fine with a sharp original tip.  It dates from approximately 5000-3000 B.C.
SOLD
PRICE: $28.00     
ITEM NO: NM-34

Neolithic arrowhead found in the Niger-Mali desert. Made of tan chert with a iron rich red vein. This artifact is a triangular concave-basel notched style, measuring 32mm by 19mm. All the points are original. The workmanship is fine.  It dates from approximately 5000-3000 B.C. SOLD
PRICE: $28.00     
ITEM NO: NM-33

Neolithic arrowhead discovered in the Sahara desert, (Mali and Mauritania). Made of a light tan and pink colored chert. This point is a willow-leaf style, measuring 42mm by 12mm. The bottom 14mm is were a stick or arrow shaft would have been hafted. The workmanship is very fine with a sharp original tip. It dates from approximately 5000-3000 B.C.
PRICE: $34.00     
ITEM NO: NM-32

Neolithic arrowhead discovered in the Sahara desert, (Mali and Mauritania). Made of a creamy white colored chert. This point has a tear drop shape and measuring 33mm by 18mm. The bottom 12mm is were a stick or arrow shaft would have been hafted. The workmanship is good with a sharp original tip. It dates from approximately 5000-3000 B.C. SOLD
PRICE: $22.00     
ITEM NO: NM-31

Neolithic arrowhead discovered in the Sahara desert, (Mali and Mauritania). Made of a light gray and white colored chert. This point has a tear drop shape and measuring 27mm by 15mm. The workmanship is very fine with a sharp original tip.  It dates from approximately  5000-3000 B.C.

PRICE: $32.00     
ITEM NO: NM-23

Neolithic arrowhead found in the Sahara desert, (Mali and Mauritania). Made of dark honey colored chert. This point is a nice denticulated willow-leaf style, measuring 35mm by 9mm. The workmanship is fine.  It dates from approximately  5000-3000 B.C.

PRICE: $23.00     
ITEM NO: NM-22

Neolithic arrowhead found in the Sahara desert, (Mali and Mauritania). Made of tan colored chert with red under tones. This point is a nice denticulated laurel-leaf style, measuring 29mm by 12mm. The workmanship is fine. It dates from approximately 5000-3000 B.C.

PRICE: $24.00     
ITEM NO: NM-21

Neolithic arrowhead found in the Sahara desert, (Mali and Mauritania). Made of pretty honey colored chert with red trimmed ends. This point  measuring 22mm by 9mm. The workmanship is very fine.  It dates from approximately 5000-3000 B.C.Sold
PRICE: $28.00     
ITEM NO: NM-20