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LOT 2128
Native American Obsidian Knapped Knife
PRE 16TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
8 1/2 in. (115 grams, 21.7 cm).
Lentoid in section, leaf-shaped with slightly polished rippled surface. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Nye and Company, New Jersey, USA, 4th-18th December 2012, lot 2799270.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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