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LOT 2381
Natural History - Bison Horn on Stand
DEVENSIAN PERIOD, 110,000-12,000 YEARS B.P.
10 1/4 in. (10 1/4 in.) (394 grams, 26 cm (651 grams total, 26 cm including stand)).
Fragment of a Bison priscus horn; accompanied by a custom-made display stand with information ticket. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK.
Ex Norfolk, UK, collection.
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