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LOT 0269
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
7 7/8 in. (515 grams, 20 cm).
Piriform axe with narrow point, the surfaces weathered smooth, inked collector's note 'Seguedine 71'.
ProvenanceFrom Seguedine, Africa.
Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s by Dr J Fehkhaber.
Acquired on the European art market.
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