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LOT 2394
Papuan Polished Green Stone Axehead
EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
10 3/4 in. (571 grams, 27.4 cm).
Lentoid in section and fish-shaped in profile with usage wear. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Waskuk Hills, Upper Sepik, Papua New Guinea, Oceania, prior to WWI.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.
AA26; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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Aboriginal Part Polished Stone Axehead
Australia, 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Lentoid in section D-shaped jade axehead; Ngemba culture of New South Wales. 680 grams, 13.2 cm
From New South Wales, Australia. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no. AA6; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. Accompanied by a copy of an illustrated catalogue information sheet. -
Large Sepik Papuan Healing Figure Fragments
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Various types, one with old collector's label 'Big Healing Figure / Sepik Papua New Guinea / 1970 purchase / New Guinea Tribal Art / Netherlands'. 1.68 kg total, 5.8-14.5 cm
Acquired 1970. From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Aboriginal Stone Artefact Group
Australia, 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: two white silicified claystone scrapers from Andamooka, S. Australia; a diorite chopper from Parramatta River, Sydney, S.W. Australia; a part-polished axehead from Brewarrina, N.S.W., Australia. 520 grams total, 54-92 mm
From New South Wales, Australia. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.15, 21, 30, 31; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
