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LOT 1790
Natural History - Ice Age Bison Fossil Leg Bone
DEVENSIAN PERIOD, 110,000-12,000 YEARS B.P.
17 in. (1.23 kg, 43 cm).
A large Ice Age Bison priscus lower leg bone. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Brown Bank, off Lowestoft, UK.
Acquired before 1960.
From an old Norwich, UK, collection.
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