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LOT 1697
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
7 1/8 in. (793 grams, 18 cm).
Piriform in plan with broad butt, natural nodule cavity to one face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEl Golea, Algeria, Africa.
Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s by Dr J Fehkhaber.
Acquired on the European art market.
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