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LOT 1565
Knapped Arrowhead and Mousterian Chert Borer Group
MOUSTERIAN-NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 80,000-5000 B.P.
2 - 2 1/2 in. (64 grams total, 49-65 mm).
Including a broad burin, a scaphoid and a triangular arrowhead. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
The borer found Le Grand Pressigny, France and from an old French collection; the arrowheads found Central France and from an old German collection amassed in the early 20th century.
From the family collection of a South East London collector.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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