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LOT 1900
Acheulean Stone Age Dark Red Quartzite Handaxe Made by Homo Erectus
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
5 1/2 in. (724 grams, 14.1 cm).
Ovate in profile and lentoid in section with broad edge. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Northern Sahara, North Africa.
From a collection formed during the seventies and eighties and acquired on the British art market.
By descent to the current owner in 1998.
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LOT 1900
Acheulean Stone Age Dark Red Quartzite Handaxe Made by Homo Erectus
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
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