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LOT 1725
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Slender Acheulean Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
6 7/8 in. (588 grams, 17.5 cm).
Lozengiform in plan with thick butt, in dark red quartzite. [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 1725
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Slender Acheulean Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
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