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LOT 1124
Stone Age Tenerian Culture Celt Axe
NEOLITHIC, CIRCA 7500-5300 B.C
4 7/8 in. (329 grams, 12.3 cm).
Pecked and ground with a curved cutting edge and a narrow-rounded butt. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From an exposed site, Tenera Region, of The Green Sahara, South Central Sahara.
Acquired in the 1960s-1970s.
Ex private French collection.
From the collection of a Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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