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LOT 1510
Stone Age Tenerean Knife and Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6000-4500 B.P.
1 1/4 - 2 1/8 in. (30 grams total, 31-54 mm).
Mainly triangular in plan with broad square butt. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound in the Sahara between Niger, Algeria and Mali.
Ex Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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