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LOT 2431
Fossil Irish Elk Jaw Section
PLEISTOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 100,000-11,700 YEARS B.P.
3 3/4 in. (161 grams total, jaw: 95 mm long).
Comprising two molars on a section of jaw, from Cervus megaloceros; accompanied by a custom-made display stand, conserved. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the North Sea.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.C45; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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