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LOT 1607
Stone Age Polished Basalt Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 1/2 in. (587 grams, 14 cm).
Ellipsoid in section with rounded butt, curved and polished cutting edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePossibly Scottish.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N194; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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