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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]
Provenance
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.
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