Five Tenere stone axe blades

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Niger, Chad, Sudan, ca. 5000-2500 BCE, diorite axes. Lg. 3, 2 ¾, 2 ¼, 2 3/4, and 1 7/8 in.Provenance: The Tom Joyce Collection, Santa Fe, NM.

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Five Tenere stone axe blades

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