Biface cordiforme Brown quartzite
North Africa, Acheulean
l. 15 cm

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Biface cordiforme

Brown quartzite North Africa, Acheulean l. 15 cm

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Biface cordiforme

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Collection of Stone Age objects from Africa. a) Small hand axe from the Western Sahara of the Acheuléen culture, 600,000 - 400,000 B.C. L 9.1cm. b) Beautiful hand axe from the central northern Sahara of the Acheuléen culture, 600,000 - 150,000 B.C. L 19.9cm. c) Neolithic broad axe from the southern central Sahara of the Ténéré culture, 7200 - 4500 BC. l 10.9cm. d) Neolithic cylindrical axe from the western Sahara, 6000 - 4000 BC. l 12.4cm. All intact. e) Neolithic grater bowl with pestle from the south central Sahara, 8000 - 4000 BC. ø 31.9cm. Bowl composed of two parts. 5 pieces! Provenance: Ex Gorny & Mosch 296, 2023, lot 626; from the north German private collection S. N., acquired from Michel van den Dries, Semmerzake, Belgium, there since before 2016.

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