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LOT 1494
Stone Age Acheulian Cleaver Hand Axe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200,000 B.P.
6 1/8 in. (781 grams, 15.5 cm).
With a typical brownish patina. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Discovered in 1967 at Erg Belfelfoul, Algeria.
From an old Hamburg, German, collection.
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