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LOT 1611
Large Stone Age British Polished Langdale Tuff Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
8 1/4 in. (900 grams, 21 cm).
Polished cordate form with pointed butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound UK.
Ex British collection.
Acquired from a Buckingham, UK, collection.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N193; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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