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LOT 1640
French Stone Age Mousterian Flint Drill
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
2 1/8 in. (20.86 grams, 55 mm).
Triangular in section and in plan with a broad butt and a sharp point. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Region, France.
From a large French collection built up in the early 1900s.
Acquired on the European art market.
From a private collection of a French gentleman, which was sold by his family at auction after his death.
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