Knobbed French Handaxe
A knobbed French handaxe, further evidence that our distant ancestors were capable of considerable invention and ingenuity. Centered knob on cortical handaxe base, the knob serving as a handle. The outer, cutting edges remain sharp. Late Acheulian Period, Maritime Seine, France. Circa 250,000 BC. Rare.
Other axes from the same tradition, some of them once in our own collection, were exhibited in 2018 in "First Sculpture: Handaxe to Figure Stone” at the Nasher Sculpture Museum in Dallas, the first museum to present ancient handaxes and figure stones as works of art, accompanied by an important catalogue with contributions by Jared Diamond (Guns, Germs & Steel) and others.
Ex. Duncan Caldwell, Paris.
On a custom museum stand.
6 in x 3 in / 15 cm 7.62 cm
A knobbed French handaxe, further evidence that our distant ancestors were capable of considerable invention and ingenuity. Centered knob on cortical handaxe base, the knob serving as a handle. The outer, cutting edges remain sharp. Late Acheulian Period, Maritime Seine, France. Circa 250,000 BC. Rare.
Other axes from the same tradition, some of them once in our own collection, were exhibited in 2018 in "First Sculpture: Handaxe to Figure Stone” at the Nasher Sculpture Museum in Dallas, the first museum to present ancient handaxes and figure stones as works of art, accompanied by an important catalogue with contributions by Jared Diamond (Guns, Germs & Steel) and others.
Ex. Duncan Caldwell, Paris.
On a custom museum stand.
6 in x 3 in / 15 cm 7.62 cm
A knobbed French handaxe, further evidence that our distant ancestors were capable of considerable invention and ingenuity. Centered knob on cortical handaxe base, the knob serving as a handle. The outer, cutting edges remain sharp. Late Acheulian Period, Maritime Seine, France. Circa 250,000 BC. Rare.
Other axes from the same tradition, some of them once in our own collection, were exhibited in 2018 in "First Sculpture: Handaxe to Figure Stone” at the Nasher Sculpture Museum in Dallas, the first museum to present ancient handaxes and figure stones as works of art, accompanied by an important catalogue with contributions by Jared Diamond (Guns, Germs & Steel) and others.
Ex. Duncan Caldwell, Paris.
On a custom museum stand.
6 in x 3 in / 15 cm 7.62 cm