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LOT 1109
Danish Stone Age Neolithic Thin Butted Axe
DOLMAN PERIOD, 3700-3300 B.C.
6 1/2 in. (373 grams, 16.6 cm).
A finely polished axe with tapering square sides and convex cutting edge. this edge with contemporary re-working by knapping. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1980s.
French private collection before 2020.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
Literature
Cf. Glob, P. V., Danske Oldsager II, Yngre Stenalder, Copenhagen, 1952, no.113, for type.
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