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LOT 1571
Neolithic Wood Shaving Blade with Antler Handle
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.P.
9 1/8 in. (134 grams, 23.1 cm).
Finely knapped and polished tongue-shaped blade embedded in a more recent antler handle with chisel finial.
Provenance
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 1571
Neolithic Wood Shaving Blade with Antler Handle
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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