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LOT 1497
Stone Age Chatellerault Acheulean Bifacial Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 480,000-250,000 B.P.
3 3/4 in. (277 grams, 95 mm).
With curved cutting edge and thick butt. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Châtellerault, Vienne, Tour, France.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.P46; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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