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VERY LARGE RARE SUPERB EARLIEST HUMAN STONE TOOL AFRICAN OLDOWAN CHOPPER FROM HOMO ERGASTER 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 was decommissioned from a museum collection and is one of a very limited number of African specimens we will offer. 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. This is an incredible example. The size is much larger than typically found and the chisel tip is still intact as it was first made over a million years ago. This is not some nomad-collected, chipped and damaged piece like you see many other African artifacts are. This specimen has no damage and the patina is amazing - truly perfect Saharan wind erosion across the entire surface with a beautiful green and yellow bi-color patina. The edges are green and the flat faces are yellow-green. If you wish to exhibit the finest possible example of an African Lower Paleolithic chopper, this is it! This pebble chopper was made on a large quartzite cobble. Several strikes on the end formed the chisel cutting edge. Expectedly, with this kind of extreme age and desert exposure, there must be surface evidence of the blowing wind and sand as well as the overall wear. The entire surface has a very heavy, thick patina with an extreme version of 'desert varnish", the heavy, shiny surface an exposed Saharan tool develops due to the extended time of environmental exposure. This is a textbook example of this type of tool from the first humans. NO MODERN DAMAGE, 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. AN ULTRA-RARE LARGE PEBBLE CHOPPER FROM THE CONTINENT WHERE HUMANITY BEGAN AFRICAN OLDOWAN SPECIMENS ARE SCARCE IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS!!! - THIS ONE IS ONE OF THE FINEST YOU WILL EVER SEE! 5.5" X 4.75" $695 PB058 Actual Item - One Only |
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