M349 - MOUSTERIAN QUARTZITE CORDATE HANDAXE IN STUNNING TIGER STRIPE QUARTZITE FROM THE NORTH SAHARA

Product Description

ID

Mousterian Tool

FOUND

Exposed Site - Sahara Desert,
 NW Africa

AGE

MOUSTERIAN:  60,000 - 30,000 years

SIZE

3.5" long x 3" wide

CONDITION

INTACT AND COMPLETE.
NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION.

NOTE

AFRICAN MOUSTERIAN TOOLS
ARE NOT OFTEN SEEN IN 
COLLECTIONS.  MADE OF SCARCE
RED AND YELLOW QUARTZITE!
COMPLETE AND UNDAMAGED
EXAMPLE THAT IS A SUPERB
MOUSTERIAN IN ACHEAULIAN
TRADITION EXAMPLE (MTA)!

Actual Item - One Only

Comes with a certificate of 
authenticity / information sheet

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This is a SPECTACULAR bifacial CORDATE Mousterian hand axe  of the finest possible quality and condition.  Furthermore, it was made of a highly-prized quartzite that is occasionally seen in NW Paleolithic tools - a stunning RED AND YELLOW TIGER STRIPE QUARTZITE! The technology is actually MOUSTERIAN IN ACHEULIAN TRADITION (MTA or MAT).  It possesses traits of the earlier Acheulian Period such as the faceted palm grip on the proximal end, but at only 3.5 inches in length, it matches the typical size of other Mousterian examples found in North Africa. 

The thin chopping tip is unbroken and is unusually sharp and entirely intact AS MADE!  The workmanship and ergonomic design when held is spectacular.  The form and execution of this extraordinary hand axe must be held to be appreciated - quartzite is extremely difficult to flake and shape on a hand axe this small!!!  Unlike their much larger predecessors of the Sahara during the Acheulian, Mousterian handaxes are much smaller in comparison.  In "as found" ORIGINAL condition with  NO REPAIR AND NO RESTORATION.