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Egyptian Knapped Flint Crescent Knife
EGYPTIAN KNAPPED FLINT CRESCENT KNIFE

Crescentic form flint knife with double faced worked blade having pressure flaked edge. The upper edge is unworked, natural flint skin. Old collection label with #2 still affixed; deaccessioned from the Heckscher Museum of Art, Long Island, NY.

Ca. 300,000-150,000 BC

L. 6 in. (15.2 cm.)

Ex collection of Robert Rustafjaell (1876-1943), acquired prior to 1909.

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Egyptian Knapped Flint Crescent Knife

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