Description:

**Originally Listed At $350**

Africa, Neolithic Period, ca. 10000 to 5000 BCE. A set of 3 hand-knapped stone chopping tools that showcase mottled hued of white, gray, red, and orange. The overall forms of each tool suggest that they could be wielded in one's hand or secured to the end of a pole or handle. Size of largest: 5.375" L x 2.7" W x 1.4" H (13.7 cm x 6.9 cm x 3.6 cm)

Provenance: private southwestern Pennsylvania, USA collection, acquired prior to 2000

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#176824

  • Condition: Each piece with small nicks and light abrasions, otherwise intact and very good. Nice surface smoothness and edge sharpness.

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