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LOT 1546
Stone Age Knapped Tool and Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
1 3/8 - 2 5/8 in. (90 grams total, 35-68 mm).
Including knapped scrapers and burins, and other types. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Sahara, North Africa.
Ex private London and German collections.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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