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LOT 1640

Stone Age 'Dordogne' Flint Tool Group

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.

1 7/8 - 2 1/8 in. (91 grams total, 47-55 mm).

Comprising three scraper tools, each plano-convex in section with applied labels 'P40', 'P41', 'P42'. [3, No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Upper Auignacian, Laugerie, Haute les Eyzies, Dordogne, France.
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.

CONDITION

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LOT 1640

Stone Age 'Dordogne' Flint Tool Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £39

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