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LOT 1534
Large Belgian Stone Age Wide Flint Core
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
5 7/8 in. (676 grams, 14.9 cm).
Sturdy tongue-shaped core with parallel facets to one face, cortex to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Spiennes, Belgium.
From an old Paris collection.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
From the world renowned and now world heritage flint factory site of Spiennes.
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