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LOT 2366
Native American Smoothing Stone Pair
WOODLAND PERIOD, 3RD-10TH CENTURY A.D.
10 1/4 - 16 1/2 in. (19.5 kg total, 26-42 cm).
Comprising a sub-rectangular quern with slightly dished upper face, and a round-section muller or handstone with one pointed end. [2, 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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