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LOT 2540

Woolly Mammoth Tooth

PLEISTOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 40,000-11,700 YEARS B.P.

5 1/8 in. (1.18 kg, 13 cm wide).

A complete Mammuthus primigenius tooth. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the North Sea.
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.

CONDITION
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LOT 2540

Woolly Mammoth Tooth

Sold for (Inc. bp): £182

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