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LOT 1590
Stone Age Knapped Scraper and Implement Collection
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 700,000-600,000 B.P.
2 7/8 - 3 in. (109 grams total, 72-78 mm).
Bore triangular in section with square butt, scraper with broad edge. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Department Indre et Loire, Epargne, Grand Pressigny, South West France.
Collected in the 1930s.
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collector.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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