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]