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LOT 2234
Pre-Columbian Stone Arrowhead Collection
CIRCA 2ND-7TH CENTURY A.D.
2 - 3 1/4 in. (30 grams total, 49-82 mm).
Comprising bifacial knapped arrowheads with two long and short leaf-shaped types in chert and a leaf-shaped type with deeply serrated edge in orange quartzite. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate UK 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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