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LOT 1495
Stone Age Arrowhead and Scraper Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1 1/4 - 5 3/4 in. (427 grams total, 3.3-14.5 cm).
Including narrow flint spearheads with barbs, D-shaped blades, pointed burins and other tools; the larger spearheads probable reproductions. [8, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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