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LOT 2486
Fossil Douvilleiceras Mammilatum Ammonite
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 113-100 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/4 in. (167 grams, 71 mm).
Showing prominent ribbing and some iridescence. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli and Glass Bead Necklace String
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Acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s. Ex London, UK, collection. -
Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Pleistocene Epoch, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Restrung, using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius spherical bone beads. 150 grams total, 58 cm
Ex Ancient Art Shop, Windsor, UK, 1990s. Ex private West County, UK, collection.
The mammoth lineage branched from the Asian elephant around 6 million years ago, and later on, the Woolly Mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, evolved in eastern Siberia. Woolly mammoths, being slightly smaller than living African elephants, were foragers and ate grass, as well as small, nutritious flowering plants that flourished in the environment where they lived. They may also have used their curved tusks to dig through snow and eat plants that other foragers were unable to reach. -
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