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LOT 1525
Stone Age 'St Front' Rate Triangular Form Flint Handaxe
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 250,000-150,000 B.P.
5 7/8 in. (525 grams, 15 cm).
Deltoid in plan and lentoid in section; inked find spot legend '16 St. Front'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found St Front, Haute-Loire, France.
From the collection of the amateur archaeologist M. Allais, formed in the mid-1900s.
Acquired on the European art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
Footnotes
Attributed to Homo neanderthalensis.
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