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LOT 1582
Large Stone Age Tenerian Pecked Celt Axe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 9TH-7TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
6 7/8 in. (720 grams, 17.5 cm).
With round-section shank and tapering butt, broad cutting edge chipped. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom South Central Sahara.
Ex private French collection, formed 1960s-1970s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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