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LOT 2406
Fossil Woolly Mammoth Leg Bone Section
PLEISTOCENE PERIOD, 2.6 MILLION-11,700 YEARS B.P.
6 1/8 in. (630 grams, 15.5 cm).
A section of the end of Mammuthus primigenius leg bone, showing the internal structure of the bone. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the North Sea.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Literature
See Guide to the Elephants (Recent and Fossil) in the British Museum (Natural History), BM, 1922, pp.35-47, for discussion.
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