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LOT 1087
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Group
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/2 - 4 in. (178 grams total, 3.8-10.2 cm).
Mainly composed of tanged arrowheads of barbed and leaf-shaped types, many with midribs. [22]
Provenance
Acquired 1990s.
From the collection of a late Japanese weaponry collector.
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