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LOT 1248
Stone Age Acheulian Hand Axe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, BEFORE 200.000 B.P.
6 1/2 in. (584 grams, 16.6 cm).
Cleaver-shaped with rounded butt. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Discovered in 1967 at Erg Belfelfoul, Algeria - Acheulian industry of the Sahara.
From an old Hamburg, Germany collection.
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