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LOT 2501
Papua New Guinea Polished Axe Head
PAPUA NEW GUINEA HIGHLANDS, 19TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/4 in. (7 1/2 in.) (359 grams, 13.5 cm (512 grams total, 19 cm including stand)).
Polished black basalt asymmetrical axehead with narrow rounded butt and broad cutting edge; old collector's labels and inked inscription; mounted on a custom-made stand.
Provenance
With old label: ‘New Guinea NG 13 F.S Clark collection’ an inscription to reverse: ‘R. Stonard Coll 53.141’.
British collection F.S Clark.
Gemme Nummarie, UK.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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