M327 - EXCEPTIONAL GOLDEN NEANDERTHAL MOUSTERIAN FLINT CORDIFORM HANDAXE FROM FRANCE

Product Description

ID

Mousterian Hand Axe

FOUND

Indre-et-Loire, France

AGE

MOUSTERIAN:  80,000 - 40,000 years ago

SIZE

4.65" long

CONDITION

INTACT AND COMPLETE. NO REPAIR
OR RESTORATION.  RICH GOLDEN
PATINA AND SOIL SHEEN.

NOTE

FINEST CORDIFORM EXAMPLE WITH 
UNBROKEN TIP AND STUNNING 
COLORS.  UNUSUALLY LARGE!

INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX - Actual Item - One Only

Comes with a certificate of 
authenticity / information sheet

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The form and execution of this extraordinary UNIFACIAL CORDIFORM handaxe was fashioned by a Neanderthal in classic MOUSTERIAN TRADITION.  Unlike their much larger predecessors of the Sahara during the Acheulian, Mousterian handaxes are much smaller in comparison.  Not only are Mousterian handaxes considered some of the rarest and most prized tools of the Neanderthals, this exquisite representation is a perfectly executed example.  This is an unusually large example made of the finest flint and with a classic patina known from the region.  The entire perimeter shows expert Neanderthal secondary retouch to execute a stunningly well-made, profile.  Delicate pointed tip is still intact and unbroken which is EXTREMELY RARE for specimens like this.  The entire surface features a rich, golden patina and mineralized soil sheen indicating extreme age in burial.  Authenticity evidenced by the presence of minerals deep in these microscopic crevices.  This is one of the nicest and most attractive Neanderthal hand axes we have offered in quite some time.  NO RESTORATION, REPAIR OR MODERN DAMAGE. 

This rare handaxe was fashioned out of flint by Neanderthals over 40,000 years ago and discovered in a Middle Paleolithic site in France.  Fine quality Mousterian Neanderthal tools are rare and often move from one private collection to the next as most sites are now depleted, destroyed, built over and all are protected by law forbidding modern day digging.  It is probable by simple logistics, that over time, high grade archeological tools will most definitely appreciate as collector demand continues to outpace the finite supply circulating amongst collectors that buy pieces and never resell.  Investment aside, no Paleolithic collection should be without representative tools of one of the most famous primitive humans in history!