ACH204 - MUSEUM GRADE MASTERPIECE ACHEULIAN HAND AXE WITH SPECTACULAR COLOR AND FLAKING MADE BY HOMO ERECTUS (ERGASTER)

Product Description

ITEM # 

ACH204

ID

Acheulian Tool

FOUND

Exposed Site - Sahara Desert, NW Africa

AGE

ACHEULIAN:  1.2 million - 500,000 years ago

SIZE

7.4" long x 3.25" wide

CONDITION

INTACT AND COMPLETE - NO REPAIR OR
RESTORATION - 100% GENUINE WITH CHOICE
BI-COLOR PATINA FROM LONG-TERM 
SURFACE EXPOSURE ON ONE SIDE.

NOTE

FINEST MUSEUM EXAMPLE OF AN AFRICAN
ACHEULIAN ELONGATE BIFACE HANDAXE.  
FANTASTIC FORM, WORKMANSHIP.

Actual Item - One Only

Comes with a certificate of authenticity / information sheet

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This rare Saharan Acheulian handaxe was made and used by Homo ergaster (African Homo erectus).  It was surface-collected from an exposed Acheulian site in the Northern Sahara Desert of North Africa.  This Lower Paleolithic tool represents the first intelligent design type known to science that was made by primitive humans.  Prior to these Saharan Acheulian tools, only crude pebble tools existed in the human fossil record.

As one of the most beautiful and finest made Lower Paleolithic African handaxes we have ever sold, this remarkably aesthetic Acheulian bifacial elongated handaxe is demonstrates the skill and ability of Early Man to the highest order.  It certainly warrants being considered "museum grade".  It features every possible aspect of a prize specimen.  The flaking is superb and shows masterful craftsmanship from its primitive human creator.  Light blushes of orange on one side caused by millennia of this side facing down and absorbing the minerals of the Sahara red sands.  Other side shows a different color - a prized and classic example only found in authentic specimens. 

This is an investment-grade example and one of the finest we have ever offered in both flaking design AND color.  Specimens like this are one in many, many thousands and are exceptionally rare.  Collectors consider prized features to include either workmanship or color but when BOTH exist, then it is truly an important piece to include in a collection as this one is.  The vast majority of quartzite tools from this culture and geographical region are made of a homogenous color quartzite. 

This is a VERY RARE INVESTMENT GRADE example that is in "as found" ORIGINAL condition.  NO REPAIR and NO RESTORATION.  GENUINE Acheulian hand axes of this quality are rare and recent realized prices at major auction houses are proving what we have been saying for years that authentic high grade tools of primitive man remain one of the most promising investments.