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RARE RICH GREEN JASPER PRIMITIVE HUMAN AFRICAN OLDOWAN PEBBLE CHOPPER Exposed Site - South Central Sahara Desert, Niger LOWER PALEOLITHIC PERIOD: 1.8 - 1 million years ago Pebble Oldowan tools from primitive humans of Africa are seldom seen in private collections or public exhibits. Oldowan sites exist in numerous regions of the continent but it takes a very knowledgeable collector to be able to weed out all the naturally-occurring rocks that litter the ground from an actual pebble tool specimen. As the origin of humanity and as the earliest of tool technologies, this African Oldowan specimen poses a very important potential addition to any advanced collection of Paleolithic artifacts. African pebble tools are not common on the market compared to their much later Acheulian relatives. This specimen is part of a very limited collection we acquired. Despite the fact that there are probably more Oldowan tools in Africa compared to the European specimens we offer, very few African pebble tools are collected or available for public acquisition. This offering poses a rare opportunity to own an AUTHENTIC example of the first known tool type made by humans - a window into the mind and design thought process of our earliest ancestors. This is a RARE type of lithic used for this early period. It is green jasper and is a crude OLDOWAN PEBBLE CHOPPER. You really have to hold this specimen to both understand its use and appreciate its design. There are natural depressions in the rock that the toolmaker incorporated into the design as finger grips and then made the chopper tool around this concept. Photos show extensively worked edges and one side shows extreme exposure patina. Protected side that was face down in the sand for hundreds of thousands of years retains a glossy rich green surface showing how incredibly beautiful this tool is and must have been to its original maker. Specimen shows proto-Acheulean influence in its flaking. The entire surface has a very heavy, thick patina with an extreme version of 'desert varnish", the rich, lustrous surface an exposed Saharan tool develops due to the extended time of environmental exposure. Workmanship and form is BETTER THAN MUSEUM QUALITY. NO REPAIR and NO RESTORATION. As found and with our highest recommendation. No one can doubt the importance that pebble tools hold in the history of human development. Their very emergence in Africa nearly two million years ago allowed the earliest humans to butcher animals for their meat - the needed nourishment that allowed humans to survive and flourish to one day populate and rule the earth. A RARE LITHIC TYPE FOR THIS PERIOD - EXTREME EXPOSURE PATINA ON ONE SIDE - BEAUTIFUL COLOR AND GRIP DESIGN AFRICAN OLDOWAN SPECIMENS ARE SCARCE IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS!!! 3.5" X 3" SOLD PB056 Actual Item - One Only |
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