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LOT 1595
Stone Age Indian Polished Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
5 1/2 in. (420 grams, 14 cm).
With broad curved blade, ellipsoid-section body, narrow butt; chipped. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Sheravoys Hills, Madras, India, circa 1922.
Acquired Hemel Hempstead, UK, 31st April 2004.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N152; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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