PREDYNASTIC EGYPTIAN FLINT HAND AXE
EGYPT, LATE MESOLITHIC, c. 7,000 - 6,000 B.C.
£425
African & Oceanic Art, Antiquities and Natural History
Auction: 5 May 2021 at 12:00 BST
Description
flint, formed of a warm caramel stone, the cutting edge knapped to a point, marked with two inventory numbers in black ink "#507" and "59.300"
Dimensions
14cm long
Footnote
Provenance:
Robert De Rustafjell (1876-1943), acquired in Thebes prior to 1909.
Deaccessioned from The Heckscher Museum of Art, Long Island, NY.
Private New Jersey collection.
Published:
De Rustafjaell, R., The Stone Age in Egypt: A Record of Recently Discovered Implements and Products of Handicraft of the Archaic Nilotic Races Inhabiting the Thebaid, New York, 1914. Object 505 (scan provided upon request)