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LOT 1507
Stone Age Tenerian Pecked and Part Polished Celt Axe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 9TH-7TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
4 1/2 in. (288 grams, 11.5 cm).
With narrow rounded butt and broad cutting edge, polished with wear. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From South Central Sahara.
Ex private French collection, formed 1960s-1970s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 1507
Stone Age Tenerian Pecked and Part Polished Celt Axe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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