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LOT 1579
Stone Age Knapped Aterian Knife
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 145,000-40,000 B.P.
2 3/4 in. (33.7 grams, 69 mm).
With square butt and rounded edge, mottled coloration. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Sahara desert of North Africa.
Ex Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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