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Stone Age British Knapped Hand Axe

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Item Details

Description

Upper Palaeolithic, 50000-10000 years BP. A flint handaxe with tapering sides, square edge; old inked notation 'Swanscombe, Kent'. Cf. Evans, J. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, London, 1897 item 33. 368 grams, 14.5cm (5 3/4"). Property of an English collector; formerly in the E. S. Gosling collection; collected by his father in the 1970s.

Condition

Very fine condition.

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Stone Age British Knapped Hand Axe

Name: Stone Age British Knapped Hand Axe
SKU: 54899416
Price: 90 GBP
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