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LOT 1975
British Stone Age Knapped Langdale Tuff Axe Head
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
6 1/8 in. (345 grams, 15.6 cm).
Plano-convex in section with a narrow butt and a broad cutting edge. [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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