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LOT 1580
British Stone Age Fully Polished Axehead from Keith Hall
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
4 7/8 in. (5 7/8 in.) (376 grams, 12.4 cm (436 grams total, 15 cm including stand)).
Tongue-shaped in profile and plano-convex in section with pointed butt; old collector's label 'Keith Hall 1898' with 'Keith in a second, later hand above.
Provenance
Found at Keith Hall, Farnham, in 1898.
From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent.
After Captain Streatfield passed away in the 1940s, his collection was sold at auction.
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LOT 1580
British Stone Age Fully Polished Axehead from Keith Hall
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
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