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LOT 1563
Stone Age Neanderthal Knapped Quartzite Scraper Group
MOUSTERIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 80,000-40,000 B.P.
2 5/8 - 3 3/4 in. (296 grams total, 67-96 mm).
Irregular handtools, broadly triangular in section. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Bois du Rocher, St. Helen, Dinan, France.
From an old French collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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