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LOT 1588
Large Stone Age Tool Group from Wellesbourne
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 YEARS B.P.
7/8 - 2 in. (92 grams total, 22-52 mm).
Group of finely worked flint tools with adhesive labels and inked collection numbers W10, 20, 21, 29, 30,32, 38, 59 and two unnumbered; all from Wellesbourbe, warwickshire, UK. [10, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, UK.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s.
Ex amateur archaeologist.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
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