Egyptian Fayum flint arrowhead
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A dark brown flint arrowhead with a leaf shaped body.
Culture
Egypt, Neolithic period, Fayum, Birket Qarun, c. 5200-4000 BC
Size
5.9 x 2.7 cms
Condition
Intact as shown
Provenance
Ex. collection: Dr Richard Shenkel (1941-2008), New Orleans, USA. Formerly in a US collection acquired during the 1940’s-1950’s while surveying in the Northern Fayum desert around Birket Qarun (modern Lake Moeris). Shenkel was a professor of Anthropology at the University of New Orleans, USA.