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LOT 2226
Pre-Columbian Stone Arrowhead Collection
CIRCA 2ND-7TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 - 2 3/8 in. (27.5 grams total, 22-61 mm).
Comprising bifacial knapped leaf, barbed and hollow base arrowhead types, in white quartz; most with a three-digit inked collector number. [8, No Reserve]
Provenance
Private U.K. family collection formed in the early 1970s.
The property of Mr and Mrs P.R. of East Sussex.
Thence by descent to family members.
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