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LOT 1658
Very Large African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
10 1/8 in. (1.41 kg, 25.8 cm).
Ovate handaxe in dark and light brown stone; repaired. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Central Sahara, Africa.
Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s by Dr J Fehkhaber.
Acquired on the European art market.
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LOT 1658
Very Large African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
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African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Ovate in plan with a curving blade and a narrow butt. 370 grams, 14.5 cm
From Central Sahara, Africa. Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s by Dr J Fehkhaber. Acquired on the European art market. -
Stone Age Clactonian Flint Chopper
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 700,000-300,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Rounded blade and cortex-covered butt, old inked collection numbers 'SNC 9.60 W.G.S' and 3968/1/28', and a pencilled note '150.9' to the other side. 152 grams, 79 mm
Previously in several old Stone Age tool collections, having been annotated with three different accession numbers. Acquired from an Oxfordshire, UK, auction house. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector. -
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Cleaver Type Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Cordate type in dark red quartzite with broad edge. 674 grams, 12.3 cm
From the Northern Sahara, North Africa. From a collection formed during the 1970s and 1980s, having been acquired on the British art market; thence by descent to the current owner in 1998.
