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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]

Provenance

From the Morocco / Algerian border.
Ex UK collection.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.

CONDITION

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LOT 1546

Stone Age Aterian Tanged Tool Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £13

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