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LOT 2376
Native American Obsidian Knife Blade Group
EARLY ARCHAIC PERIOD, 8TH-5TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 4 5/8 - 4 7/8 in. (126 grams total, 11.7-12.3 cm).
Each triangular in section and tongue-shaped in plan with thick rounded ends. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
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