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LOT 2703
Fossil Woolly Mammoth Bone
PLEISTOCENE EPOCH, CIRCA 2.6 MILLION-11,700 YEARS B.P.
7 1/2 in. (1 kg, 19 cm).
A partial first cervical vertebra from a mammoth, mammuthus primigenius. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Said to be from the Isle of Wight, Hampshire, UK.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection; acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Cheshire, UK, gentleman.
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