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LOT 1509
Stone Age Knapped Scraper and Point Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
1 3/4 - 2 5/8 in. (196 grams total, 47-68 mm).
Including trapezoidal, scaphoid and other types, some with cortex. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Central France.
Collected in the 1930s.
Ex Petra Berhout collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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