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LOT 2385
Aboriginal Stone Artefact Group
AUSTRALIA, 20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 - 3 3/4 in. (118 grams total, 48-95 mm).
Comprising: Eora culture piriform fish-hook file; Tharwal culture piriform and columnar fish-hook files; Tharwal culture worked-shell fish hook. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom New South Wales, Australia.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.7, 8, 9, 12; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
Each item accompanied by a copy of an illustrated catalogue information sheet.
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