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LOT 1551
Stone Age New Caledonia Polished Green Stone Axehead
LAPITA CULTURE, CIRCA MID 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 1/4 in. (645 grams, 16 cm).
Lentoid in section with rounded butt and broad edge; old collector's label 'New Caledonia / 6121 : 5'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found New Caledonia, southwest Pacific Ocean.
Acquired from an old Buckingham, UK, collection.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N190; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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