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LOT 1634
Australian Stone Tool Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1 - 2 1/2 in. (283 grams total, 27-64 mm).
Including scrapers and other tools, with inked legend giving findspot and other information. [13, No Reserve]
Provenance
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.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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