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LOT 1502
Stone Age Pecked Hammerstone
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 in. (407 grams, 78 mm).
Drum-shaped in profile and slightly tapering, rounded percussion face. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Simmons Gallery, 1990s.
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