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Lot 1764

Large Hand-axe from the Homo heidelbergensis Culture. This classic-shaped stone hand-axe is from the Acheulean and between 150,000 to 300,000 years old. It is larger than most at 7 x 3¼ inches and has a lovely brown patina as found on the best of the hand-axes from the Western Sahara Desert. The lustrous brown color is known as desert varnish from the many thousands of years of being sand blasted. Homo heidelbergensis was an archaic Homo species that may have been one of our ancestors. Hand-axes were used to cut meat as well as for defense. For domestic shipping, add $15.
Estimated Value $275 - 450.

 
Realized $230



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