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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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Stone Age Tenerean Knife and Arrowhead Collection
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Acheulian Knapped Scraper/Implement Group
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 700,000-600,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Including one with cortex to the narrow upper face, and other types. 442 grams total, 7.3-11.9 cm
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Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
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Found Stowmarket, Suffolk, UK.
