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LOT 1538
Stone Age French Polished Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 7/8 in. (171 grams, 73 mm).
Squat with square butt and broad edge; with inked find spot legend 'Te / St. Jumouel / Morbiham / France / Fr.63'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found St Jumouel, Morbihan, Brittany, France, in 1863.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N167; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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