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LOT 2360
Native American Smoothing Stone Group
WOODLAND PERIOD, 3RD-10TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/4 - 5 1/2 in. (2.94 kg total, 10.9-14 cm).
Comprising three rounded handstones with abraded surfaces. [3, 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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