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LOT 2606
Large Polished Green Stone Axe
EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
6 3/8 in. (646 grams, 16.3 cm).
A highly polished axe with narrow butt and asymmetrical blade; this axe was not made for use, it would have been a prestigious object used by a Kanak Chief to signify status and power; old collection number label to verso: 'NEW CALEDONIA / 6121:5'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From New Caledonia.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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