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LOT 1566
Stone Age Tenerian Polished Celt Axe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 9TH-7TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
6 in. (560 grams, 15.2 cm).
Lentoid in section with rounded butt and cutting edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom South Central Sahara.
Ex private French collection, formed 1960s-1970s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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