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LOT 2122
Pre-Columbian Nazca Spiked Stone Macehead
16TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
3 3/8 in. (557 grams, 86 mm).
Biconvex in profile with seven radiating flanges, large central hole. [No Reserve]
Provenance
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.
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