Stone Age Levallois Flint Knife

MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P.

4 1/8 in. (105 grams, 10.5 cm).

Thin knife-scraper from Lascaux, France; with inked type and find spot 'éclat Levallois' and ''plateau de / Lascaux Le fourdon / 1966'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Lascaux, France, in 1966.
Acquired in the 1970s-1990s.
From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).

CONDITION

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