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LOT 1515

Stone Age Partly Polished Axehead

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

3 3/4 in. (270 grams, 94 mm).

With broad curved edge and flat rear striking face; shank smoothed but unfinished. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Possibly Irish.
Acquired in Oxford, UK.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N170; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

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LOT 1515

Stone Age Partly Polished Axehead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £65

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