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LOT 1487
Stone Age Polished Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
3 3/8 in. (179 grams, 86 mm).
Triangular in plan with rounded butt and broad edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Reult Bek Island?
From an old Buckinghamshire, UK, collection.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N184; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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