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LOT 1684
Palestinian Stone Age Flanged Arrowhead
UPPER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 50,000-10,000 B.P.
1 5/8 in. (2.28 grams, 41 mm).
Triangular in section with leaf-shaped head and stepped tang; collector's inked reference to underside 'Nachal Avdat / 5. Negev Desert' and the corresponding record card. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the S. Negev Desert, Israel.
From the private collection of Mr Brian Edwards, New Malden, Surrey, UK, formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s; thence by descent.
Accompanied by an old handwritten information card.
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