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

Provenance:

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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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