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LOT 1499
Stone Age Knapped Tanged Point and Scraper Collection
ATERIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 80,000-40,000 B.P.
1 3/4 - 3 in. (138 grams total, 45-76 mm).
Mainly irregular ovate types with some cortex remaining. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Grotte des Pigeons, Taforalt, Morocco, North Africa.
Ex Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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