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LOT 1499
Stone Age Knapped Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 8TH-5TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 - 1 1/8 in. (15 grams total, 21-29 mm).
Triangular, lozengiform and other types. [9, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found North Africa.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Literature
See Greenwell, David, F., Artefacts of North Africa, privately published, 2005, for much information.
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