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LOT 1459
Stone Age Large Knapped Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 8TH-5TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/2 - 2 5/8 in. (206 grams total, 37-67 mm).
Large mainly leaf-shaped and lozengiform blades. [20, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found North Africa.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Literature
See Greenwell, David, F., Artefacts of North Africa, privately published, 2005, for much information.
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