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LOT 1560
Stone Age Kumasi Polished Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
2 in. (48 grams, 52 mm).
Lentoid in section with faceted blade an butt; chipped; old find spot labels 'Kumasi / May 1922' and '53 '22'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Kumasi, Ghana.
Acquired in Oxford, UK.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N163; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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