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LOT 1483
Stone Age Basalt 'Homo Erectus' Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1,000,000-600,000 B.P.
10 5/8 in. (2.85 kg, 27 cm).
Unusually large in size and weight; old collector's reference sticker number '15'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Sub Saharan Africa.
Acquired in the 1970s-1990s.
From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).
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