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| NORDIC MESOLITHIC GRAYISH BLACK FINT ADZE WITH SPECIALLY TREATED EDGE Cutting edge is the intersection of a large broad flake scar (on the less convex face) with a series of scars flaked upward from the cutting edge on the more convex face producing a hoof shaped design. This massive specimen is one of the finest examples known. Superb condition. Cf. Therkel Mathiassen, Danske Oldsager-Aeldre Stenhalder, Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag, Copenhagen, 1948, #58, pl. 58. Ex Lawrence Sunde collection, Copenhagen; Christensen Fund collection; private collection, Boston, MA. Ca. 9000-4000 BC L. 7 1/2 in. (19.0 cm.) LC1211C $1,500 Sales |
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