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Important large biface amygdaloid beige sandstone hand axe IMPORTANT LARGE BIFACE AMYGDALOID BEIGE SANDSTONE HAND AXE

Abbevillian, from Mauritania, North Africa. Aeolian patina.
Cf. D. Russell, Antique Woodworking Tools, Their Craftsmanship from the Earliest Times to the Twentieth Century, Cambridge, 2010, p. 24, no. 4.

Ex David R. Russell collection.

Mauritania, ca. 600,000-500,000 BC

L. 8 1/8 in. (20.5 cm.)

MP1119
$1,500


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