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LOT 1572
French Stone Age 'Mousterian' Levellious Spear Tip
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P.
3 1/2 in. (69 grams, 88 mm).
Triangular in plan with broad rounded butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Yonne, Bourgogne Franche-Compte Region of France.
Formally part of a French collection built up in the mid 1900s.
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