Biface, commonly referred to as a hand ax

Unknown artist

Date: ca. 35,000–5000 B.C.

Medium: Flint

Dimensions: No measurement

Country: Egypt

Period: Upper Paleolithic Period

Gift of C.T. Currelly, 1906

Date range

-35000 – -5000

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