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LOT 2362
Native American Stone Grinding Stone Pair
WOODLAND PERIOD, 3RD-10TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/8 - 7 7/8 in. (2.94 kg total, 11.1-20 cm).
Quernstone with rounded underside, handstone with carinated upper face. [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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