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LOT 1654
Stone Age 'French' Tool Group
MOUSTERIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P.
2 - 2 5/8 in. (120 grams total, 52-66 mm).
Comprising: a tongue-shaped scraper with label '206'; an ovate type with traces of cortex, labelled '53'; an ovate type with narrow butt, labelled '55'. [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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