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LOT 1577
Stone Age Colombiers Mousterian Neanderthal Flint Cleaver
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 130,000-40,000 B.P.
5 3/8 in. (569 grams, 13.7 cm).
Plano-convex in section and roughly discoid in plan with some cortex remaining. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Colombiers, Occitanie region, France.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.P65; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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LOT 1577
Stone Age Colombiers Mousterian Neanderthal Flint Cleaver
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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