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LOT 0330
Stone Age Acheulean Knapped Flint Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC, CIRCA 700,000-300,000 B.P.
5 3/4 in. (459 grams, 14.4 cm).
Triangular in profile with chipped point; bifacial type. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Northern France.
Collection of Jean-Claude Debenne (1936-2020), formed between the 1950s and 1990s.
Accompanied by an original French Ministry of Culture export certificate no.CBC 242920.
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