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LOT 2870
Fossil Woolly Mammoth Molar Tooth
DEVENSIAN PERIOD, 110,000-12,000 YEARS B.P.
5 1/4 in. (600 grams, 13.2 cm).
From Mammuthus Primigenius, inked collector's note 'VM19' to one side. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Asland, Montana, USA.
From 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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