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LOT 1947
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Red Stone Handaxe
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
6 1/8 in. (467 grams, 15.5 cm.).
Piriform in plan and lentoid in section with eccentric round butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Goezzam, Sahara.
Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s.
Purchased on the European art market.
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LOT 1947
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Red Stone Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
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British Stone Age Knapped Neolithic Drill Tool from Farnham
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Lentoid in section with broad base and prominent drilling spike. 26.7 grams, 55 mm
Found in 1901. From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent. After Captain Streatfield passed away in the 1940s, his collection was sold at auction to a gentleman in Kent. The collection was then sold again in the 2020’s via a UK auction house. -
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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. -
French Stone Age Axe and Other Knapped Flint Tool Display
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Group of worked flint tools on a display board; most with inked date and findspot (e.g. B.10/2 La Raperie 19.8.76). 2.2 kg total including board, 49.44-139.09 mm
From various locations in France. Purchased on the European art market. Property of a Norfolk, UK, collector.
