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LOT 1492
Stone Age Acheulian Knapped Axehead
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 300,000-200,000 B.P.
6 in. (415 grams, 15.2 cm).
Substantial triangular-section handaxe with broad rounded butt; tip absent. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Erg Belfelfoul, Algeria, 1967.
From an old Hamburg, Germany collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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