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LOT 1508
Stone Age Tenerian Culture Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 7500-5300 B.C.
3 1/2 in. (190 grams, 90 mm).
With rounded butt and slightly curving cutting edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a private French collection formed in the 1960s–1970s.
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