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LOT 2193
Natural History - British Wild Boar and Other Fossil Bone Group
LATE PLEISTOCENE PERIOD, 1.5 MILLION-7,700 YEARS B.P.
2 3/8 - 9 in. (1.54 kg total, 6.2-23 cm).
Including wild boar, deer, and others, comprising: neck vertebrae, collar bone, ball-shaped finial of the bone, etc. [8, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Colwick Park, Nottinghamshire, UK.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
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LOT 2193
Natural History - British Wild Boar and Other Fossil Bone Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
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