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LOT 1902
British Stone Age Knapped Langdale Tuff Axe Head
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
5 1/4 in. (724 grams, 13.4 cm).
Lentoid in section and D-shaped in profile with thick butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of Richard Widdowson.
Richard owned an Antiquity shop in Southern England and amassed a great and varied Stone Age collection.
Purchased from Mr Widdowson in the 1980s and then more recently from a collector in the UK.
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