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LOT 2355
Pre-Columbian Aztec Obsidian Blades and Core Group
CIRCA 14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 - 3 3/8 in. (90 grams total, 28-86 mm).
Including microlith blades and facetted core. [8, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Ray Fitzgerald, 11th May 1979.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.AZ5; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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