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LOT 2408
North American Obsidian Knife
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 8000-6000 B.P.
2 3/8 in. (17 grams, 61 mm).
Piriform in plan with carefully knapped chamfered edge. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found by his father in North California, USA, during the 1930s-1940s.
From the Frank Clark family collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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Piriform in plan with carefully knapped chamfered edge. 17 grams, 61 mm
Found by his father in North California, USA, during the 1930s-1940s. From the Frank Clark family collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
