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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
TWO NORDIC STONE BATTLE AXES
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2000-1700 B.C.
Details
TWO NORDIC STONE BATTLE AXES
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2000-1700 B.C.
Each boat-shaped, with a polished surface, the convex sides tapering to the sharp cutting edge at one end, the blunt butt at the other, with a smoothly-hollowed shaft hole; the black stone with a high-collared, flat-rimmed shaft hole
Larger: 7 ½ in. (19 cm.) long
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2000-1700 B.C.
Each boat-shaped, with a polished surface, the convex sides tapering to the sharp cutting edge at one end, the blunt butt at the other, with a smoothly-hollowed shaft hole; the black stone with a high-collared, flat-rimmed shaft hole
Larger: 7 ½ in. (19 cm.) long
Provenance
with The Merrin Gallery, New York, 1992.
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