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LOT 1107
Stone Age Neolithic Polished Axehead
CIRCA 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 1/8 in. (271 grams, 18 cm).
A finely polished, slightly asymmetric axe with thin body tapering to a pointed butt with convex cutting edge in a mottled granite; possibly from northern Britain. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s.
UK private collection.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
Cf. Evans, Sir John, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, London, 2nd edition, 1897, figure 52a, for a very similar example.
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