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LOT 1468
Stone Age Arrowhead and Tool Collection
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000-200,000 B.P.
2 3/8 - 3 3/8 in. (292 grams total, 62-85 mm).
Group of three worked flints comprising a triangular arrowhead, a biconvex blade and a scraper with some cortex remaining. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
UK gallery, early 2000s.
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