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LOT 1527
Stone Age Polished Porcellanite Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/2 in. (169 grams, 89 mm).
Rectangular in section with mottled polished surface, narrow butt; old collector's label 'N3'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Tievebarragh Co., Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Acquired from Peter Farncis, in 1979.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N3; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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