Early Stone Age Hand Axe

Culture: North Africa
Period: 800,000-300,000 B.C.
Material: Flintstone
Dimensions: 13.4 cm x 10 cm
Price: Sold
Ref: 6299
Provenance: Private collection Wilfriede and Leopold Tamm, Langenzersdorf, Austria, acquired in the 1970s. Since then in a family estate.
Condition: Intact
Description: Massive red-brown flint hand axe worked out on both sides. The edges are all sharpened to cut plants or meat. The tapering end was used as a drill. Beautiful texture. Found in Libya.