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LOT 0272
French Stone Age 'Homo Heidelbergensis' Colourful Flint Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 600,000-350,000 B.P.
4 in. (4 3/4 in.) (239 grams, 99 mm (282 grams total, 12.1 cm including stand)).
Cordate in profile with deep orange, yellow and purple glossy patina; mounted on a custom-made stand.
Provenance
From the collection of Jean-Claude Debenne (1936-2020), an amateur prehistorian and former member of the French Society of Prehistory and the Prehistoric Association of the South-West; also a Honorary Member of the Geological Club of Ile-de-France; his collection of flints formed between the 1950s and 1990s, and coming from Ile-de-France, Oise, Val-d’Oise and the Dordogne.
Footnotes
Attributed to Homo Heidelbergensis.
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LOT 0272
French Stone Age 'Homo Heidelbergensis' Colourful Flint Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
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