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African Stone Age Homo Erectus Large Knapped Orange Stone Handaxe African Stone Age Homo Erectus Large Knapped Orange Stone Handaxe African Stone Age Homo Erectus Large Knapped Orange Stone Handaxe African Stone Age Homo Erectus Large Knapped Orange Stone Handaxe African Stone Age Homo Erectus Large Knapped Orange Stone Handaxe African Stone Age Homo Erectus Large Knapped Orange Stone Handaxe
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LOT 1921

African Stone Age Homo Erectus Large Knapped Orange Stone Handaxe

PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.

7 1/8 in. (573 grams, 18.1 cm).

Piriform in plan and lentoid in section with broad rounded butt; tip absent. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From El Golea, Algeria.
Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s.
Purchased on the European art market.
Property of a Norfolk, UK, collector.

CONDITION
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LOT 1921

African Stone Age Homo Erectus Large Knapped Orange Stone Handaxe

Sold for (Inc. bp): £143

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