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LOT 0263
Large Greenstone Polished Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
11 1/2 in. (1.8 kg, 29.2 cm).
Trapezoidal in form with thick butt and curved cutting edge; cracked.
ProvenancePrivate collection, United Kingdom; reportedly found whilst fieldwalking, 1980s.
Thence by descent.
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