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LOT 2151
Very Large Papuan Polished Green Stone Axehead
19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
13 3/4 in. (1.29 kg, 35 cm).
With broad curved cutting edge, lentoid section body and conical butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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