A Scraper

France, Middle Paleolithic, Mousterian, ca. 120.000 - 40.000 B.C.

Stone

Height: 16.5 cm

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Asymmetrically hewn tool, traces of retouch on both surfaces. Oval to semicircular outline. Relatively flat cross-section. One roughly hewn and one more finely hewn edge (= working edge). Standard shape of the Moustérien technocomplex, type "Quina". Beige-white rock with discolourations. Flat end restored.

PROVENANCE

Formerly priv. coll. Hervé Bouraly, collector and antiques dealer at Marché Dauphine, Saint Ouen, Paris, collection assembled between 1965-1990. Inscription on object: "BÉRULLES 26 FÉV 1988 R.D."

NOTE

F. Bordes, Typologie du Paléolithique Ancien et Moyen. 2nd edition (Paris 2005), 47, pls. 26-27.

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