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LOT 1204
Stone Age Knapped Flint Neolithic Axehead
CIRCA 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 3/4 in. (188 grams, 12 cm).
Wedge-shaped in profile with a narrow butt and slightly convex cutting edge. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex private UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.
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