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LOT 1531
Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
5 5/8 in. (392 grams, 14.3 cm).
Roughly-formed axehead with a curved and partially polished cutting edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the estate of late Aberdeenshire collector.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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