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LOT 1518
French Stone Age 'Gravettian' Long Crested Blade
UPPER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 35,000-25,000 B.P.
5 3/8 in. (44.9 grams, 13.6 cm).
With square butt and narrow rounded tip. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Dordogne, France.
Ex M G Georgen collection.
Mr Georgen built up a large collection during the mid 1900s and was sold at auction after his death.
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Leaf-shaped in plan with broad rounded butt, some cortex. 14.9 grams, 58 mm
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