Code: 2555
Description: A good-sized brown flint triangular arrowhead with serrated cutting edges, a small chip to the point and one barb damaged, but a fine symmetrical example.
Size: 46 mm/1.8 ins. in length
Culture: Egyptian
Date: Predynastic, c. 3500-3000 B.C.
Provenance: From the collection of De Barri Crawshay (1857-1924).
Background: De Barri Crawshay, of Sevenoaks, Kent, was the son of a successful welsh ironmaster, and a notable collector who built up an important collection of flint implements and stone tools through collection in the field and through purchase. Today, he is best remembered for his collection of eoliths, now regarded as products of natural erosion, and for his work on palaeolithic material from the North Downs of Kent. He also cultivated orchids. His collection of flint implements was sold at auction by Stevens’s Auction Rooms Ltd, 38 King Street, Covent Garden, London, on 17 April 1929, although this particular piece remained with the family.
