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LOT 2870

Natural History - Woolly Rhinoceros Upper Rear Tooth

ICE AGE, 50,000-20,000 YEARS B.P.

3 in. (180 grams, 74 mm).

With stub roots. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From Yakutsk, Permafrost Region, Siberia.
Acquired from an old Dutch collection.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.

CONDITION

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LOT 2870

Natural History - Woolly Rhinoceros Upper Rear Tooth

Sold for (Inc. bp): £72

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