Code: 2720
Description: A yellowish-white chert point or knife with a broad blade and a small squared tang. The point has two slight barbs and a dull patina. A few inoffensive edge chips, otherwise condition good.
Size: 105 mm/4.1 ins. in length
Culture: American Indian
Date: Probably dating from before the 1st Millennium A.D.
Provenance: Ex F.S. Clark Collection, Woking, Surrey.
Background: Fred Sydney Clark (1923-2016) ran the Old Curiosity Shoppe, The Quadrant, Onslow Street, Guildford, Surrey, in the 1970’s-1980’s selling a range of collectables. A passionate collector and field-walker, he built up a fine collection of antiquities, notable for British prehistoric items, a significant number of which he obtained through trade with Dr. H.A. Fawcett. Like Fawcett, he was meticulous in documenting his collection, even the most humble tools were catalogued and fully labelled with locality, accession number and his characteristic monogram.
