A Neolithic Flint Notch-Handled Dagger

Denmark, Dagger Period - Early Bronze Age, Circa 2400-1000 B.C.

Length 6 inches (15.24 cm).

Provenance:

Private Collection, Europe, 1925.

Lord McAlpine of West Green, London, 1993. [Inv. no. M4786a]

Frederick Schultz Ancient Art, New York, 1993 (Power Tools: The Stone Age and Bronze Age

in North Europe, no. 39).

Private Collection, New York.

with Colnaghi Gallery, New York, 2023 (Carved Stones from Prehistory: The Art of Early Toolmaking, no. 38).

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