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LOT 1556
Large Stone Age South Downs Knapped Flint Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 5/8 in. (405 grams, 19.5 cm).
Tongue-shaped in profile with rounded butt and straight edge; some cortex remaining. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound South Downs, Sussex, UK.
Acquired from Mr Edwards in November 2002.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N160; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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