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LOT 2447
Natural History - Mastodon Bone Face Carving
PLIOCENE PERIOD, 5.2-2.5 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 in. (74 grams, 78 mm).
Displaying a later carved stylised face with exaggerated facial detailing. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.
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