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LOT 1944
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Red Stone Handaxe
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
4 1/2 in. (248 grams, 11.3 cm).
Cordate type with a broad cutting edge, a facetted handle to the rear. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePurchased on the European art market.
Property of a Norfolk, UK, collector.
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LOT 1944
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Red Stone Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
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Large Stone Age Quartzite Pointed Handaxe Made by Homo Erectus
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Cordate on plan and lentoid in section with chocolate-brown cortex to the base. 1.17 kg, 18.5 cm
From Northern Sahara, North Africa. From a collection acquired on the UK art market before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate, thence by descent. -
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Acheulean Stone Age Dark Red Quartzite Handaxe Made by Homo Erectus
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Lentoid in section with facetted base. 388 grams, 11 cm
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. -
African Stone Age Homo Habilis Oldowan Stone Chopper
Oldowan Period, circa 2,600,000-1,700,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Bun-shaped pebble with cutting edge formed by chipping. 240 grams, 72 cm
Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s. Acquired on the European art market.
Oldowan tools are the oldest known stone tool industry, dating from approximately 2.6 to 1.7 million years ago (with some evidence at 2.9 Ma). Primarily associated with Homo habilis, these simple tools (choppers, flakes, hammerstones) were used for cutting, scraping, and butchering. They were largely found in East Africa, with key sites at Olduvai Gorge. Made from quartzite with minimal removals to form a direct chopping edge.
