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Northern Europe, Denmark, Neolithic Period, ca. 2800 to 2400 BCE. A small and hefty retooled chert hand axe with grey-brown hues as well as light and dark inclusions. The thick-butted tool has a stocky body and a wide blade edge which is still sharp even after thousands of years. The polished flint axe is part of the technology that marked Neolithic life in ancient northwestern Europe alongside farming, pottery, and longhouses. Axes of this sort are often found inside of dolmens, large granite blocks that form tombs. Size: 5.75" L x 2.25" W (14.6 cm x 5.7 cm).

Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-Artemis Gallery; ex-private Massachusetts, USA collection; ex-private museum collection in Amersfoort, Netherlands that has disbanded

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#139576

  • Condition: Small nicks to butt end, body, and blade edge commensurate with age, otherwise intact and very good.

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