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ta0

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Top from the Neolithic ???
« on: April 17, 2011, 05:51:41 PM »

There is an auction on Ebay (110674490258) for a supposedly neolithic top from Mauritania (6500 to 2000 Before Present):



They have a buy it now of $3,000. But there is no provenance mentioned! I would think most likely it is a fake, probably a copy of one in a museum. Although I am not sure how they know it is a top.
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Re: Top from the Neolithic ???
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2019, 01:28:46 PM »

Why I can't see the image?? Someone can help me? I am very interested
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Re: Top from the Neolithic ???
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2019, 03:04:53 PM »

The post above and the ebay listing is from 2011 so it is long gone by now.
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Re: Top from the Neolithic ???
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2019, 07:36:21 PM »

I must have saved the photo on a hard drive, but I need to find it. I don't recall how it looked like, but I was not impressed.
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Re: Top from the Neolithic ???
« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2019, 11:17:17 PM »

The post above and the ebay listing is from 2011 so it is long gone by now.

Rats, would've been a perfect top for me! Wife says I'm Neolithic at best.
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