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LOT 1488
Stone Age Knapped Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 8TH-5TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 - 1 1/2 in. (129 grams total, 24-38 mm).
Mainly flat in section with rounded butts. [50, 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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