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LOT 1118
Stone Age British Bifacially Worked Cleaver
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000-200,000 B.P.
6 3/4 in. (1.37 kg, 17 cm).
Substantial flint cleaver with the cutting edge worked from both sides. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound UK.
Acquired on the British market.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
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