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LOT 1686
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Acheulean Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
4 in. (425 grams, 10.1 cm).
Biconvex in section, knapped in dark red quartzite with broad edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Northern Sahara, North Africa.
From a collection formed during the 1970s and 1980s, having been acquired on the British art market; thence by descent to the current owner in 1998.
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LOT 1686
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Acheulean Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
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Neolithic Period, 8th-6th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £79
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 105 grams total, 22-44 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 Knapped Knife
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Parallel-sided lanceolate blade with sharply tapering point. 25.5 grams, 10.7 cm
From El Golea, Africa. Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s by Dr J Fehkhaber. Acquired on the European art market. -
French Homo Heidelbergensis Knapped Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 600,000-250,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Ovate in plan and triangular in section with some cortex to the upper face; inked legend 'St.Meme / Charente / Biface Abbevillien' 286 grams, 11 cm
From the well-regarded site of St Meme, Charente, France. From the collection of a Belgian gentleman. Acquired from the European art market.
