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LOT 1685
Stone Age Clactonian Flint Scraper
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 700,000-300,000 B.P.
2 1/4 in. (44.7 grams, 58 mm).
Thin scraper with some cortex, two old inked collection notes '4051/1/28' and 'SNC WGS 2(?)'. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePreviously in several old Stone Age tool collections, having been annotated with two different accession numbers.
Acquired from an Oxfordshire, UK, auction house.
From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.
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