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LOT 1508
Stone Age Flint Tools from Lamonzie
UPPER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 28,000-22,000 YEARS B.P.
2 3/4 - 3 1/2 in. (111 grams total, 71-89 mm).
Mixed group of scrapers with inked find spot legend 'Lamonzie-Montastruc', collection reference numbers and dates. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Lamonzie, Montastruc, France, in the 1960s.
Ex collection of Duboe, formed in the 1970s-1990s.
Acquired in the 1970s-1990s.
From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).
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