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LOT 1514
Neanderthal Knapped Quartzite Scraper Group
MOUSTERIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 80,000-40,000 B.P.
2 3/8 - 4 1/8 in. (330 grams total, 5.9-10.6 cm).
Including one triangular-section leaf-shape example and other types. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Le Grand Pressigny, Touraine, France.
From an old French collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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