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Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Dark Red Quartzite Acheulean Handaxe Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Dark Red Quartzite Acheulean Handaxe Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Dark Red Quartzite Acheulean Handaxe Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Dark Red Quartzite Acheulean Handaxe Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Dark Red Quartzite Acheulean Handaxe Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Dark Red Quartzite Acheulean Handaxe
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LOT 1777

Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Dark Red Quartzite Acheulean Handaxe

LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.

5 1/8 in. (699 grams, 13 cm).

Lozengiform in section with broad butt. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Northern Sahara.
From a collection formed during the 1970s-1980s and acquired on the British art market.
By descent to the current owner in 1988.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

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LOT 1777

Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Dark Red Quartzite Acheulean Handaxe

Sold for (Inc. bp): £143

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