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LOT 1112
Stone Age Acheulian Cleaver Hand Axe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, BEFORE 20,0000 B.P.
5 1/2 in. (463 grams, 14.1 cm).
A large Acheulian cleaver-shaped hand axe with a sharp cleaver point on the distal end and a worked rounded base; continuous retouching to the edges. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Discovered in 1967 at Erg Belfelfoul, Algeria.
From an old Hamburg, Germany collection.
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