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LOT 1546
Stone Age Aterian Tanged Tool Group
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 145,000-30,000 YEARS B.P.
1 1/2 - 1 3/4 in. (22.3 grams total, 39-44 mm).
Each roughly rectangular in plan with slender handle; marked in ink 'NWA'. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Morocco / Algerian border.
Ex UK collection.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
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