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LOT 0284
Very Large Stone Age 'Charente' Knapped Flint Axe Head
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5000 YEARS B.P.
8 7/8 in. (1.19 kg, 22.5 cm).
Biconvex in section with square butt and broad cutting edge, regular in shape and with unusual colouration. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Charente, Dordogne Region, France.
From an old French collection formed in the early 1900s.
From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.
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A serious collector's piece from the site of the oldest known stone tools in the UK and North West Europe.
