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LOT 2840
Fossil 'Woolly Mammoth' Knuckle Bone
HOLOCENE EPOCH, DEVENSIAN, 110,000-12,000 YEARS B.P.
3 3/8 in. (152 grams, 88 mm).
Displaying good detail, possibly from a Mammuthus Primigenius. [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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