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Early Man: Paleolithic to Neolithic Art and Artifacts
Homo Erectus, Rift Valley, Ethiopia, Stone Hand Axe, 1 Million - 400,000 B.C.

|Early| |Man|, |Homo| |Erectus,| |Rift| |Valley,| |Ethiopia,| |Stone| |Hand| |Axe,| |1| |Million| |-| |400,000| |B.C.|
Found in the Rift Valley, Ethiopia in the 1970's. From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.
AG35453. Homo Erectus, stone hand axe; cf. Johnson-Shreeve pp. 148-150, cf. Malloy Weapons 2; 3 1/2" x 2 1/2", Choice, beige-grey rough lava, finely worked to biface shape; heavy gray patina; SOLD


Homo Erectus, Rift Valley, Ethiopia, Flint Hand Scraper or Knife, 1 Million - 400,000 B.C.

|Early| |Man|, |Homo| |Erectus,| |Rift| |Valley,| |Ethiopia,| |Flint| |Hand| |Scraper| |or| |Knife,| |1| |Million| |-| |400,000| |B.C.|
Found in the Rift Valley, Ethiopia in the 1970's. From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.
AA35455. Homo Erectus, flint hand scraper or knife; 3" x 2 1/2", beige-grey rough lava, finely worked to biface shape; heavy gray patina, Choice, SOLD


Danish, Chalcedony Knife, Early Neolithic, 6,000 - 4,000 B.C.

|Early| |Man|, |Danish,| |Chalcedony| |Knife,| |Early| |Neolithic,| |6,000| |-| |4,000| |B.C.|
 
AA37524. Neolithic stone knife; 4 inches long; serrated edges on both sides; black and grey chalcedony, Superb, from the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years; SOLD


Medes (Northwestern Iran), Gold Decorative Pendant, 8th - 7th Century B.C.

|Western| |Asiatic| |Antiquities|, |Medes| |(Northwestern| |Iran),| |Gold| |Decorative| |Pendant,| |8th| |-| |7th| |Century| |B.C.|
The Medes, an ancient Iranian people, lived in the northwestern portions of present-day Iran, the area known as Media. They entered this region with the first wave of Iranian tribes, in the late 2nd millennium B.C. By the 6th century B.C., after having together with the Babylonians defeated the Neo-Assyrian Empire, the Medes establish their authority, lasting for about sixty years, from the sack of Nineveh in 612 B.C. until 549 B.C. when Cyrus the Great established the Achaemenid Empire by defeating Astyages, king of Media.
SH40753. Gold pendant, pre-empire Median; sun with rays, stars between the rays arranged in a circle, Choice, some perforations, weight 7.706 g, maximum diameter 71 mm, SOLD


Homo Erectus, Rift Valley, Ethiopia, Black Obsidian Hand Axe, 1 million - 400,000 B.C.

|Stone| |Weapons| |&| |Tools|, |Homo| |Erectus,| |Rift| |Valley,| |Ethiopia,| |Black| |Obsidian| |Hand| |Axe,| |1| |million| |-| |400,000| |B.C.|
Found in the Rift Valley, Ethiopia in the 1970's. A chip at the end reveals the black obsidian. The axe fits easily into the shallow of the hand. From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.
AA35456. Homo Erectus, black Obsidian hand axe; cf. Malloy Weapons 7; 4 1/2" x 3 1/2", finely worked to biface shape; heavy gray patina, Choice, SOLD


Eastern Europe, Hamangia Culture, Steatite Adze Head, c. 5,500 - 3,500 B.C.

|Early| |European| |Antiquities|, |Eastern| |Europe,| |Hamangia| |Culture,| |Steatite| |Adze| |Head,| |c.| |5,500| |-| |3,500| |B.C.|
The Hamangia culture is a Late Neolithic archaeological culture of Dobruja between the Danube and the Black Sea and Muntenia and in the south. It is named after the site of Baia-Hamangia, discovered in 1952 along Lake Golovita. -- Wikipedia
AA37520. Hamangia Culture stone adze head; polished black steatite, straight edges and rounded sides; 46 mm long, Superb, from the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years; SOLD







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