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LOT 1564
Tenerian Pecked Celt Axe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 9TH-7TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
4 1/4 in. (333 grams, 10.8 cm).
Subtriangular in profile and lentoid in section with a rounded butt. [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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