Stone Age Acheulean 'Homo Erectus' Red Quartzite Cleaver-Handaxe

LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1000,000-500,000 B.P.

4 3/8 in. (407 grams, 11.3 cm).

Lentoid in section with irregular rounded edge and desert patina. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Northern Sahara, North Africa.
From the British art market in the 1970s-1980s.
Acquired via inheritance, 1988.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.

Literature

Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.27, for type.

CONDITION

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