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THBLarge East African Acheulean Rhyolite Bifacial Hand Axe
Lot 228a
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Gallery
Mar 9, 2023
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East Africa, Isimila Korongo, Tanzania, Acheulean period, ca. 700,000 to 300,000 years ago. A rare rhyolite hand axe made and used by early humans of the species Homo erectus (ergaster). Acheulean hand axes represent some of the earliest tools made by our ancestors. This example shows superb flaking and execution of this form. Tip and edges are intact and super sharp. Because of the greater difficulty in working the rhyolite volcanic stone from which it was made, axes from this region and material are cruder in appearance than their counterparts of the same period, found in North Africa and made of more common quartzite. Quartzite is easier to shape compared to rhyolite so fewer secondary blows and a more fundamental design is always found on these hand axes of East Africa. During the time of this axe, there were large elephant and hippopotamus species as well as giraffe species in Africa that would have been hunted by primitive humans. An axe like this was necessary to butcher such large kills. Size: 8" L x 4" W (20.3 cm x 10.2 cm)
Provenance: ex-private Belgium collection; ex-private French collection formed in the 1950s
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#170574Complete as made, no repair or restoration. Superb undamaged sharp tip. Intact mineral deposits.Condition
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