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LOT 1577
Neanderthal Knapped Quartzite Scraper Group
MOUSTERIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 80,000-40,000 B.P.
2 1/8 - 2 7/8 in. (227 grams total, 53-73 mm).
Each with one worked cutting edge; mostly triangular in section. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Bois du Rocher, St.
Helen, Dinan, France.
From an old French collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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