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LOT 1560
Published North African Stone Age Arrowhead Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
1 - 1 3/8 in. (3.08 grams total, 26-34 mm).
Group of three flint arrowheads comprising leaf-shaped, triangular and chevron. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
From North Africa.
From the collection of a French Museum in the Dordogne which closed some years ago.
Acquired on the European art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
Accompanied by a copy of the relevant book pages where this handaxe is published.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Published
Published on page 79 of the Les Pyreneens De Lake Des Glaces, a book by the author Jean-Louis Guidez.
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