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LOT 1550
Stone Age Tilemsi Valley Flint Knife Group
MESOLITHIC PERIOD, 12,000-4000 B.C.
2 3/8 - 3 3/8 in. (125 grams total, 63-88 mm).
Mainly leaf-shaped two-edged blades with rounded butt. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Tilemsi Valley, Mali, West Africa.
From a collection formed during the 1970s-1980s and acquired on the British art market.
By descent to the current owner in 1988.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
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