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LOT 1254
Stone Age Upnor Flint Borer Implement
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000 B.P.
3 1/8 in. (258 grams, 80 mm).
Formed on a core, trimmed to a point on one edge; with inked collection number: 'Upnor 9'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Upnor, Kent, UK.
Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915.
Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections.
Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis.
Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK.
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