Six Paleolithic Quartzite Hand Axes
Six Paleolithic Quartzite Hand Axes
Algeria and Mauritania, Lower to Middle Paleolithic, Circa 900,000-50,000 Years Ago
Length of longest 7 7/8 inches (20 cm).
Property from the Collection of Jonathan Holstein, San Francisco, California Antiquities & Ancient Art
Provenance:
(from left to right)
Handaxe Club, Santa Monica, California, 25 April 2003. [Inscribed in black ink with inventory number: "06/01-xx-168". With inventory label: "D314"]
Handaxe Club, Santa Monica, California, 7 January 2003. [Inscribed in black ink with inventory number: "02/02-xx-352". With inventory label: "D270"]
Handaxe Club, Santa Monica, California, 2000s. [Inscribed in black ink with inventory numbers: "12/04-xx-14" and "AF463"]
Handaxe Club, Santa Monica, California, 2000s. [Inscribed in black ink with inventory number: "02/02-xx-220"]
Handaxe Club, Santa Monica, California, 2000s. [Inscribed in black ink with inventory number: "02/02-xx-298"]
Art Market, United States, 2000s. [Inscribed in black ink with inventory number]
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Six Paleolithic Quartzite Hand Axes
Algeria and Mauritania, Lower to Middle Paleolithic, Circa 900,000-50,000 Years Ago
Length of longest 7 7/8 inches (20 cm).
Property from the Collection of Jonathan Holstein, San Francisco, California Antiquities & Ancient Art
Provenance:
(from left to right)
Handaxe Club, Santa Monica, California, 25 April 2003. [Inscribed in black ink with inventory number: "06/01-xx-168". With inventory label: "D314"]
Handaxe Club, Santa Monica, California, 7 January 2003. [Inscribed in black ink with inventory number: "02/02-xx-352". With inventory label: "D270"]
Handaxe Club, Santa Monica, California, 2000s. [Inscribed in black ink with inventory numbers: "12/04-xx-14" and "AF463"]
Handaxe Club, Santa Monica, California, 2000s. [Inscribed in black ink with inventory number: "02/02-xx-220"]
Handaxe Club, Santa Monica, California, 2000s. [Inscribed in black ink with inventory number: "02/02-xx-298"]
Art Market, United States, 2000s. [Inscribed in black ink with inventory number]