French Stone Age Mousterian Knapped Flint Bifacial Handaxe

MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 300,000-150,000 B.P.

3 1/2 in. (167 grams, 89 mm).

Cordate in profile and biconvex in section with broad rounded edge; from the sought-after banded flint of the Bergerac area; made by Neanderthal. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the Bergerac area of the Dordogne, France.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 2020s.
From a private collection.

CONDITION

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