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LOT 0344
Stone Age British Bifacial Flint Axehead
LATE MESOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 8000-6000 B.P.
5 in. (216 grams, 12.7 cm).
Triangular in section with rounded butt, straight cutting edge; beautiful example with fine knapping. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePossibly found Lincolnshire, UK.
Acquired Birmingham, UK, on 12th January 2003.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.M194; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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