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LOT 1556
Danish Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
5 1/2 in. (265 grams, 14.2 cm).
Leaf-shaped in plan with rounded butt, old label '6.294'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Vejle, Jutland, Denmark.
From an old collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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