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LOT 1602
Stone Age Knapped Tanged Point Collection
ATERIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 80,000-40,000 B.P.
1 1/2 - 2 1/8 in. (51 grams total, 37-53 mm).
Spade-shaped, triangular and other types, each with a tang. [5, 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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