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LOT 1603
Stone Age Polished Macehead Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
2 7/8 - 3 3/4 in. (502 grams total, 73-97 mm).
Comprising: one ellipsoid in plan with usage wear to the string face; one oblate in form with ground depression to each face where the shaft-hole has been started. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
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