26 Paleolithic Stone Tools

Lower to Upper Paleolithic, Circa 1,000,000-12,000 Years Ago

Length of largest 6 1/2 inches (16.51 cm).

Property from the Collection of Jonathan Holstein, San Francisco, California

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(2nd from left, top row)

A Paleolithic Flint Disc Core

Morocco, Middle Paleolithic, Circa 250,000-150,000 Years Ago

Handaxe Club, Santa Monica, California, 23 June 2000. [With inventory label: "HAC-653: CB-M200-61" and label: "61"]

(3rd from right, bottom row)

A Paleolithic Chalcedony Hand Axe

Algeria or Southern Morocco, Lower Paleolithic, Circa 1,000,000 Years Ago

Handaxe Club, Santa Monica, California, 2000s. [With inventory label: "04/04-xx-33: AMD". Inscribed in black ink: "AF4A7" and "04/04-xx-33"]

Together with twenty-four various flakes and cores.

Art Market, United States, 2000s. [Inv. group nos. C947 and C739]

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