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LOT 2547
Fossil Bos Species Fossil Horn Core
PLEISTOCENE PERIOD, 40,000-20,000 B.P.
6 1/2 in. (550 grams, 16.5 cm).
Comprising the curved tip of a horn, possibly from aurochs, an extinct species of bovine. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Worcester Terrace Gravels, Eckington, Worcestershire, UK.
Acquired from Milton Keynes Geological Society in 1999.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.VM91; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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