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LOT 1949
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Stone Handaxe
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
6 1/4 in. (578 grams, 15.9 cm).
Piriform in profile with cortex to one face; old findspot label 'Tunesien'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Tunisia.
Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s.
Purchased on the European art market.
Footnotes
Made from flint with a mottled cream and yellow patina.
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