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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]
ProvenanceFrom 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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Stone Age Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface barbed and tanged flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 105 grams total, 22-37 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Similar specimens of arrowheads have been found in the Eastern Sahara Region of Abu Tartur Plateau. Most of the arrowheads came from the El Jarar Neolithic, c. 7700-7300 B.P. (c.6500-6100 B.C.). Other parallels occur in the region of Kharga Oasis. -
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Red Stone Handaxe
Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Cordate type with a broad cutting edge, a facetted handle to the rear. 248 grams, 11.3 cm
Purchased on the European art market. Property of a Norfolk, UK, collector. -
Stone Age Knapped Flint Scraper Knife
Palaeolithic Period, circa 250,000-150,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
With thick rear edge and broad curved blade, old label 'Paleolithic Scraper / Knife / Hampstead, London'. 169 grams, 87 mm
Found Hampstead, London, UK. Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.