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LOT 1770
Stone Age Bifacial Mousterian Tool Group
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 150,000-60,000 B.P.
2 1/8 - 2 3/4 in. (180 grams total, 55-69 mm).
Including a flaked point and two ovate types, inked legends '[.]ervousin C291', '55'; '40'; 'Biface moustérien / Terrasse de la garonne / Montauban 82', 'P33'. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Terrasse de la Garonne, Africa.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.NAI40,33 & 55; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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Group of three lentoid-section tools each with a worked edge and irregular butt; one marked 'Naphill High Wycombe'. 380 grams total, 66-98 mm
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
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Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 500,000-180,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
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