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LOT 2233
Prehispanic Hollow Base Stone Arrowhead Group
CIRCA 2ND-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (5.12 grams total, 34 mm each).
Comprising two finely knapped bifacial, hollow base type arrowheads. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
Private 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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