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LOT 2418
Woolly Mammoth Hair from Permafrost
PLEISTOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 40,000-11,700 YEARS B.P.
2 x 2 in. (24 grams including case, case: 50 x 50mm).
Comprising long, coarse outer hairs and a dense tuft of the undercoat; supplied in a display case. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Yacutia, Siberia.
Ex Gerald Lucy Rocks, minerals and fossils.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
Accompanied by a Gerald Lucy information display card.
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