Product Description
Neolithic period c.4000-3200 B.C. A large & excellent Neolithic flint hand sickle found in the early 20th Century at the very famous Prehistoric site of Le Grand Pressigny, Touraine, France. Ex. Maurice Chevais Collection [Maurice Chevais (1880-1943) was a French composer and Inspector of School music teaching in Paris, a pioneer in the history of music teaching in fact and keen collector of French Lithics]. His huge prehistoric collection was amassed from 1910-1935 on his regular visits to the family home near Le Grand Pressigny. This sizeable hand sickle is fashioned from a long elongate flake of triangular cross section in the most attractive Honey / Toffee coloured flint, so synonymous with the area. Largely flat underside but well worked along the main gently curved leading edge to form well defined cutting and slicing blade and would most likely have been used for cutting grasses or wheat etc. Totally intact and in excellent condition with a lovely "old collection" shiny surface patina, A good sized Neolithic flint hand sickle from both a very notable location and collection, Approx. 173mm long x 39mm thick x 32mm high.
