Early Stone Age Hand Axe

Culture: North Africa

Period: 800,000-300,000 B.C.

Material: flintstone

Dimensions: 9 cm x 5 cm

Price: Sold

Ref: 6318

Provenance: Private collection Wilfriede and Leopold Tamm, Langenzersdorf, Austria, acquired in the 1970s. Since then in a family estate.

Condition: Intact

Description: Small hand axe of red-brown flintstone worked out on both sides. The edges are all sharpened to cut plants or meat. The tapering end was used as a drill. Found in Libya.