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LOT 1587
Stone Age Polished Agate Axehead
TENEREAN CULTURE, 5TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 7/8 in. (124 grams, 12.2 cm).
Lentoid in section and tongue-shaped in plan with long cutting edges. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound North Africa.
From a collection formed during the 1970s-1980s and acquired on the British art market.
By descent to the current owner in 1988.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
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