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ST53 The anterior portion of a Nordic Bronze Age axehammer : £ 75The anterior part of a large Nordic Bronze Age axehammer measuring 135 mm/5.2 ins. in length, perhaps three-quarters of original implement. Some minor chips to the cutting edge, but otherwise condition good apart from loss of butt. An inexpensive example, from Denmark, c. 1500 B.C.
If complete, we would be offering this implement for between £200-300.ST54 A large Chinese Neolithic axe, Gansu Province, Yangshao Culture, c. 3000 B.C. : £ 75 NEW!A large Chinese Neolithic polished basalt axehead, measuring 210 mm/8.3 ins. in length. Some small chips to the cutting edge and minor overall surface wear, from Gansu Province, Northern China, Yangshao Culture, c. 2500-3000 B.C.Ex Peter Negus Collection.ST55 A small Lower Acheulian quartzite handaxe from Algeria : SOLDSmall Lower Acheulian pale orange quartzite pointed handaxe, measuring 82 mm/3.3 ins. in length. Wind polished as is typical of desert finds, otherwise condition good. Found at Amguid, Algeria, and dating from 500,000 to 700,000 years BP.
ST56 A pointed tear-drop shaped Middle Palaeolithic handaxe from North Africa : £ 165A dark reddish-brown pointed tear-drop shaped Middle Palaeolithic handaxe fashioned from indurated sandstone, measuring 137 mm/5.3 ins. in length. A fine symmetrical example. From North Africa.
A nice example of the type.ST57 Partially polished Pacific stone adzehead : £ 65An elongate partially polished stone adzehead with a symmetrical posterior taper, measuring 167 mm/6.6 ins. in length. One minute chip to the cutting edge, otherwise condition good, from the South Pacific and probably dating to the 19th Century A.D.
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ST53: £75
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ST54: £75
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ST55: SOLD |
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ST56: £165
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ST57: £65
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