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LOT 1593
Stone Age Acheulean Triangular Knapped Flint Hand Axe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000 B.P.
3 3/8 in. (113 grams, 85.6 mm).
Ovate in profile and lentoid in section with broad butt and rounded point.
Provenance
From an old West Country, UK, collection, sold at auction.
From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.
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