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LOT 1608
Large European Stone Age Arrowhead Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
1 5/8 - 2 5/8 in. (37 grams total, 44-66 mm).
Each triangular in plan with tanged butt; the smaller plano-convex in section, the larger lentoid. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a West Country auction house, UK.
From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.
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