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LOT 2060
Bronze Age Replica Axehead Collection
20TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/4 - 13 1/4 in. (505 grams total, 10.8-33.5 cm).
Museum replicas of three axes curated in the Salisbury Museum: Palstave, flanged, and flat-axe types, the latter mounted on a wooden shaft. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.BA8, BA9, BA10; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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