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LOT 1482
Stone Age Polished Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 in. (197 grams, 96 mm).
Squat in profile with curved cutting edge, rounded butt; chipped. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Possibly Scottish.
Acquired from Oxford, UK.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N165; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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