"Throat Axe - Neolithic Tool - Chad - Archaeology "
Very beautiful throat axe Work from the Neolithic Chad, Gouro region It has a superb double patina. A very dark side washed by the wind and sand of the Sahara, a light side, the face remaining for millennia on the sand. 18cm long 9cm at the widest Former collection of Hérault (south of France) Bibliography: Huard Paul, Massip Jean-Marie, Rosso Bruna. Large polished stone tools from the Niger-Chadian Sahara. In: Bulletin of the French Prehistoric Society. Studies and works, volume 65, no. 2, 1968. pp. 629-641.