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LOT 1575
Stone Age 'Herne Bay' Flint Pebble Tool
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 300,000-200,000 B.P.
3 3/4 in. (280 grams, 97 mm).
Piriform hand-adze with cortex to the handle, old collector's inked reference 'P14'; drilled for mounting. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Cliffs, Herne Bay, Kent, UK.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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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