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LOT 2127
Native American Smoothing Stone Group
LATE WOODLAND PERIOD, 1ST MILLENNIUM A.D.
2 7/8 - 5 1/4 in. (2.47 kg total, 7.4-13.4 cm).
Including a flat biconvex type with broken edge and old collector's label 'R464', cobble type with scooped depression, D-shaped type with two flat faces marked '185' and other types. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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North American Inuit Bone Harpoon Point
Nakleet, Punuk Period, 600-1200 A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £72
Carved with lentoid-section shank and triangular barbs to one edge. 6.8 grams, 11.5 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. -
Native American Smoothing Stone Group
Late Woodland Period, 1st millennium A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Including a flat biconvex type with broken edge and old collector's label 'R464', cobble type with scooped depression, D-shaped type with two flat faces marked '185' and other types. 2.47 kg total, 7.4-13.4 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
North American 'Mount Vernono' Arrowhead and Knife Group
1st millennium A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Group of three knapped tools. 100 grams total, 5.8-11.5 cm
Private collection, UK.