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LOT 1901
Large Stone Age Quartzite Pointed Handaxe Made by Homo Erectus
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
7 1/4 in. (1.17 kg, 18.5 cm).
Cordate on plan and lentoid in section with chocolate-brown cortex to the base. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Northern Sahara, North Africa.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate, thence by descent.
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LOT 1901
Large Stone Age Quartzite Pointed Handaxe Made by Homo Erectus
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
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British Stone Age Knapped Flint Knife from Farnham
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Leaf-shaped, made on a very thin flint flake. 7.27 grams, 48.3 mm
Found in 1901. From the collection of Captain Streatfield, who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent. After Captain Streatfield passed away in the 1940s, his collection was sold at auction to a gentleman in Kent. The collection was then sold again in the 2020’s via a UK auction house. -
French Stone Age Knapped Cream Stone Handaxe
Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Leaf-shaped in plan and biconvex in section; old collector's label 'gefunden (Mostrie Jarnac St.Rom Charentre, France 50-10000 Jahre'. 190 grams, 13.6 cm
Purchased on the European art market. Property of a Norfolk, UK, collector. -
African Stone Age Homo Habilis Oldowan Stone Chopper
Oldowan Period, circa 2,600,000-1,700,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Lentoid in section and an irregular rectangle in plan with a smoothed handgrip to the rear; old faded collector's label. 490 grams, 12.7 cm
From the Sahara. Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s. Purchased on the European art market.
Oldowan tools are the oldest known stone tool industry, dating from approximately 2.6 to 1.7 million years ago (with some evidence at 2.9 Ma). Primarily associated with Homo habilis, these simple tools (choppers, flakes, hammerstones) were used for cutting, scraping, and butchering. They were largely found in East Africa, with key sites at Olduvai Gorge. Made from quartzite with minimal removals to form a direct chopping edge.
