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LOT 1222
Stone Age Twydall Flint Proto Hand Axe Implement
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000 B.P.
3 1/8 in. (180 grams, 81 mm).
Formed on a triangular core with two edges trimmed, one finely; with inked collection number: 'TWYDALL / 10.ss.1017.A'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Twydall, Kent, UK.
Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915.
Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections.
Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis.
Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall.
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