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LOT 1251
Stone Age French Flint Flake Scraper Implement
UPPER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 100,000-40,000 B.P.
2 3/4 in. (44 grams, 70 mm).
Showing well defined bulb of percussion, with edges retouched to form a smoothly curved scraper; with inked 'La Pojouderic / 11183' find spot note. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound La Pojouderic, France.
French private collection.
Accompanied by a copy of the French cultural passport no.226793.
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