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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]

Provenance

From 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.

CONDITION

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LOT 2151

Very Large Papuan Polished Green Stone Axehead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £572

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