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LOT 2384
Aboriginal Part-Polished Stone Axehead
AUSTRALIA, 20TH CENTURY A.D.
4 7/8 in. (285 grams, 12.3 cm).
D-shaped in section with polished edge and polished lateral faces for mounting in a haft. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From New South Wales, Australia.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.
AA32; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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