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LOT 2746
Ants and Insects in Copal
CIRCA 3 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 5/8 in. (5.83 grams, 41 mm).
An irregular specimen containing ants and other insects. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Madagascar.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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