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LOT 2324
Large Pre Columbian Stone Taino Figural Cleaver
CIRCA 1500 A.D.
10 in. (2.2 kg, 25 cm).
Leaf-shaped in profile with bulb above the pointed butt, broad rounded cutting edge; reserved low-relief facial features, hands folded across the midriff. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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