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LOT 2698
Fossil Woolly Mammoth Vertebra
DEVENSIAN PERIOD, 110,000-12,000 YEARS B.P.
11 3/4 in. (1.73 kg, 30 cm).
From Mammuthus Primigenius, showing the neural arch, inked collection number '83' to the body, metal tag with '1090'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Dredged by a fisherman of the Dutch coast.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.VM83; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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