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LOT 1620
French Stone Age Knapped Flint Long Blade Scraper
GRAVETTIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 33,000-21,000 B.P.
5 in. (52 grams, 12.7 cm).
Triangular in section with long swept cutting edge; inked legend 'Le Groze du Tayac (Dordogne)' and old label with same legend. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Le Groze - Du Tayac, France.
Acquired in the 1970s-1990s.
From the collections of the famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
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