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LOT 2462
Extinct Animal Bone and Bear's Tooth Collection
POSSIBLY LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 700,000-300,000 B.P.
1/2 - 2 7/8 in. (193 grams total, 14-73 mm).
Mixed group of bone and teeth fragments, including molars and canines. [16, No Reserve]
ProvenancePreviously in several old Stone Age tool collections, having been annotated with two different accession numbers.
Acquired from an Oxfordshire, UK, auction house.
From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.
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