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LOT 1707
French Stone Age Knapped Flint Arrowhead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
1 in. (1.12 grams, 24 mm).
Barbed and tanged arrowhead, supplied in an old display case with a handwritten label 'Henouville 11/64 G.G.' [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Henoville, France.
Acquired in the 1970s-1990s.
From the collections of the famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).
Acquired on the UK art market in the 2020s.
From a private collection.
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