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LOT 1549
Stone Age Knapped Arrowhead Collection
CAPSIAN CULTURE, 10TH-5TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
1 - 2 1/2 in. (12 grams total, 26-64 mm).
Including barbed, scaphoid and other types. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near the Algerian border, North Africa.
From an old German collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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Upper Palaeolithic Period, circa 35,000-25,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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