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LOT 1240
Stone Age Tenerian Culture Flint Tool Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 7500-5300 B.P.
1 3/4 - 3 1/4 in. (300 grams total, 46-83 mm).
Comprising twenty tools, including knives, scrapers and cores. [20, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the Tenera Region, of South Central Sahara.
From a private French collection formed in the 1960s-1970s.
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