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Product Description
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This Neolithic of Capsian Tradition artifact was found on an exposed African Neolithic site in the Sahara Desert in Northwest Africa. It was made and used by African Neolithic humans (Homo sapiens sapiens) between 5400 BC and 2700 BC.
We have been obsessively collecting the finest African Neolithic Capsian artifacts for over the past 25 years and this specimen comes from a small, select collection we have been holding onto for the duration of that time. Out of many past trips from a long time ago when we used to travel to the source in the Sahara, as well as having purchased several amazing private collections in America and Europe, we built an assembly of true museum pieces. In all this time, we would set aside the RAREST OF THE RAREST pieces of the Capsian Neolithic culture, and it is now time for us to sell some from this private, ultra-rare stash. The collection is small and limited with many pieces being one-of-a-kind examples - the best we had ever encountered in our lifetime and in publications. This is one of those precious specimens from those efforts. The sites where these specimens were once found, have been entirely picked clean for years and since our acquisitions, laws have since been put in place forbidding any further export.
This is a superb large Capsian Neolithic bifacial knife / borer blade made of gold and silver flint. Blades like this EXTREMELY SCARCE in Neolithic of Capsian Tradition collections. This example is very large and expertly flaked with the tip cutting edges flaked flat for strength so that the tip of the knife can be used to pierce and bore softer materials such as stiff animal hides. The flint has been patinated with a wonderful natural luster from the Desert Varnish patina, deposited over thousands of years of long term desert exposure. Capsian Neolithic leaf large bifacial leaf blades are uncommon and this was likely a prized tool, especially ones of such nice workmanship! Original mineral deposits and patina are intact and deep in the flake hinge fractures and micro-crevices - traits ONLY found in AUTHENTIC specimens.
