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CIVILIZATION | Egyptian |
PERIOD | Prehistoric-Egypt |
DATE | circa 90,000-30,000 B.C. |
MATERIAL | Flint |
MOUNTED | Yes |
Of Acheulian workmanship, with an alternate percussion flaking to both sides, the mottled brownish desert patina associated with micro-colonial black fungi.
Formerly in the late collection of librarian Larissa Koock-Bjuggren, Stockholm, Sweden (1916-2004), acquired during travels to Egypt in the 1960s.
ex. European art market.
For a similar axe see the Fitzwilliam Museum, accession E.30.1976; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession 06.322.12 and 06.322.136.
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CATEGORY | Egyptian |
PERIOD | Prehistoric-Egypt |
DATE | circa 90,000-30,000 B.C. |
MATERIAL | |
MOUNTED | Yes |