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LOT 1662
Stone Age 'French' Burnisher, Arrowhead and Polisher
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
2 1/8 - 2 3/4 in. (247 grams total, 53-69 mm).
Comprising: discoid polishing pebble with label '203'; small triangular arrowhead; flat V-shaped pebble with inked labels '1N1-11' and '541'. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found various sites in 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.
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