Eleven Paleolithic Quartzite Cordiform Hand Axes
Sale 1285 - Lithics
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Feb 9, 2024
Lots Close
Mar 5, 2024
Timed Online / Chicago
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$2,000 -
3,000
Lot Description
Eleven Paleolithic Quartzite Cordiform Hand Axes
Mauretania, Middle Paleolithic, Circa 300,000-50,000 Years Ago
Length of longest 7 3/4 inches (19.69 cm).
Property from the Collection of Jonathan Holstein, San Francisco, California
Provenance:
(from left to right, top to bottom)
Handaxe Club, Santa Monica, California, 2000s. [Inv. no. 02/02-xx-400]
Handaxe Club, Santa Monica, California, 2000s. [Inscribed in black ink with inventory number: "02/02-xx-279". With red inventory label]
Handaxe Club, Santa Monica, California, 2000s. [Inscribed in black ink with inventory number: "07/02-xx-121". With inventory label: "D271"]
Handaxe Club, Santa Monica, California, 2000s. [Inscribed in black ink with inventory number: "02/02-xx-168"]
Art Market, United States, 2000s. [Inscribed in black ink with inventory number]
Handaxe Club, Santa Monica, California, 25 April 2003. [Inscribed in black ink with inventory numbers: "02/02-xx-348" and "348"]
Handaxe Club, Santa Monica, California, 25 April 2003. [Inscribed in black ink with inventory number: "02/03-xx-23"]
Handaxe Club, Santa Monica, California, 2000s. [Inscribed with inventory numbers: "02/02-xx-350" and "350"]
Handaxe Club, Santa Monica, California, 2000s. [Inscribed in black ink with inventory number: "02/02-xx-351". With red inventory label]
Art Market, United States, 2000s. [Inscribed in black ink with inventory number]
Handaxe Club, Santa Monica, California, 2000s. [Inscribed in black ink with inventory number: "02/02-xx-355". With red inventory sticker]
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