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LOT 1453
Stone Age 'Lalinde' Knapped Flint Cordate Handaxe
MOUSTERIAN PERIOD, 200,000-30,000 B.C.
4 1/8 in. (163 grams, 10.5 cm).
Ovate in plan with rod rounded egd; old collector's label 'Auchelien / Lalinde en Dordogne' (for 'acheuléen'). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Lalinde, Dorogne, France.
From an old French collection.
Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
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