M382 - FINEST INVESTMENT CORDIFORM NEANDERTHAL MOUSTERIAN FLINT HAND AXE FROM FRANCE WITH STUNNING PIEBALD PATTERNS AND COLOR

Product Description

ID

Mousterian Hand Axe

FOUND

Monestier (Dordogne), France

AGE

MOUSTERIAN:  80,000 - 40,000 years

SIZE

4" long x 3" wide x 1" thick in middle

CONDITION

INTACT AND COMPLETE.
NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION.
IRON- RICH PATINA.

NOTE

THE FINEST CORDIFORM EXAMPLE
WE HAVE EVER OFFERED.

TRUE INVESTMENT-GRADE PIECE
WITH ZERO MODERN DAMAGE AND
THIN FORM WITH THE MOST SKILLED
FLAKING AND WORKMANSHIP!

IMPOSSIBLE TO IMPROVE ON WITH
COLOR PATTERNS LIKE THIS!

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 BIFACIAL 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 smaller in comparison.  Not only are Mousterian handaxes considered some of the rarest and most prized tools of the Neanderthals!

This is a larger than typical example displaying every possible trait to put it at the TOP of its class.  It shows the FINEST skilled workmanship in its profile and flaking such that it is only 1" thick at the center!  Couple the exquisite shaping and flaking with its RARE piebald spotted patterns and color combination and you have a TRUE PRIZE prehistoric Neanderthal artifact that CANNOT be improved on!!! 

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 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!