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LOT 1764
Stone Age Humid Phase Flint Tool Collection
MESOLITHIC-NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 12,000-4,000 B.P.
1 1/2 - 2 1/8 in. (121 grams total, 38-54 mm).
Flaked points, mainly triangular or lozengiform in plan. [20, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound North Africa.
From a collection formed during the 1970s-1980s and acquired on the British art market.
By descent to the current owner in 1988.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
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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