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LOT 2483
Natural History - Fossil Wild Boar Leg Bone
DEVENSIAN PERIOD, 110,000-12,000 YEARS B.P.
7 7/8 in. (166 grams, 20 cm).
From Sus scrofa (Linnaeus, 1758). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brown Bank / Dogger beds, North Sea, Netherlands.
Acquired 1980s.
From an old Bristol, UK, collection.
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