135 NEOLITHIC LARGE STONE AXE slightly waisted. Western Sahara. 10th-7th Millennium BC. L. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm.) Ex French collection. 136 NEOLITHIC STONE SHAFTHOLE AXE-HAMMER of darkgrey stone with a rounded butt and convex sides tapering to the sharp cutting edge, pierced with a large circular shaft-hole; reputedly from South Russian/Ukrainian border region. 10th-7th Millennium BC. L. 4 1/4 in. (10.9 cm.) Ex English collection. 137 CHALCOLITHIC GRAY STONE BOAT-SHAPED AX HEAD, said to have come from Poland. Ca. 3500 - 1700 BC. L. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) Ex David R. Russell collection, author of Antique Woodworking Tools, Their Craftsmanship from the Earliest Times to the Twentieth Century, Cambridge, 2010.
138 NEOLITHIC LARGE WHITE STONE AX HEAD with pointed heel, said to have come from Carnac, Northwestern France. Ca. 3300 BC. L. 10 1/8 in. (25.6 cm.) Ex David R. Russell collection. Published: D. Russell, Antique Woodworking Tools, Their Craftsmanship from the Earliest Times to the Twentieth Century, Cambridge, 2010, p. 29, no. 34 (illus.).
139 NORDIC CHALCOLITHIC GRAYISH GREEN STONE BOAT-SHAPED AXE HEAD, said to have come from Denmark. Ca. 3500 - 1700 BC. L. 6 3/8 in. (16.3 cm.) Ex David R. Russell collection, author of Antique Woodworking Tools, Their Craftsmanship from the Earliest Times to the Twentieth Century, Cambridge, 2010.
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