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LOT 1583
Stone Age Polished Basalt Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 3/4 in. (283 grams, 12 cm).
Rectangular in section with thick butt, bevelled cutting edge; old collector's reference 'N1' to butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePossibly Scottish.
Acquired from Stephen Murray, Blackburn, West Lothian, Scotland, in 1979.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N1; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
Accompanied by copies of two old photographs, and two letters from the Royal Scottish Museum, and one from the British Museum regarding this axehead, all dated 1978/9.
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