Artefact Neolithic Capsian Hand Pestle In Bronze Stand [8,500 BC] 304mm

Artefact Neolithic Capsian Hand Pestle In Bronze Stand [8,500 BC] 304mmNeolithic stone pestle 270mm, an appealing prehistorically designed and manufactured domestic artefact, with an excellent patina. Displaying tones of stone green and cedar browns, these highlighted with use the artefact has endured. This use has gifted us with the footprint patination of the ancient world. The patina on prehistoric objects is crucial evidence of the time in use, further wear, by erosion, or sometimes as what is referred to with

Neolithic stone pestle 270mm, an appealing prehistorically designed and manufactured domestic artefact, with an excellent patina. Displaying tones of stone green and cedar browns, these highlighted with use the artefact has endured. This use has gifted us with the footprint patination of the ancient world. The patina on prehistoric objects is crucial evidence of the time in use, further wear, by erosion, or sometimes as what is referred to with artefacts from this region of the world, the desert varnish is an important factor, particularly for the identification of such Saharan artefacts with crucial trademarks; the patina mirrors historical weathering dating back to 8,500 BC.

The stone-age artefacts are found in the northern countries of Africa, many in open sites, these open sites are areas of scattered tools or implements lying on the surface of the desert, eroded out by the brutal Saharan winds or flash flooding, a circumstance of some decades, annual rain can fill the dry river beds for a brief few hours, the next day the ground surface as dry as ever. Many prehistoric finds are collected one by one by the indigenous Berber travellers, herders roaming their flocks over sporadic outcrops of scrub vegetation which can quickly appear following rainfall, rainfall which can be as inconsistent as every seven years in these regions.

These found artefacts find a way to the European market, being traded hand to hand through Berber merchants and dealers to the souks of Marrakech. This route, unfortunately, leaves gaps in the collecting history, we often only gain a vague location, which country and perhaps a region of the desert, invariably no more location information. We can identify the implementation and through experience and expertise in this region recognise the patina of the desert, the footprint of prehistory on these wonderful stone-age artefacts.

STAT

Type: Neolithic stone pestle
Age: Neolithic, Capsian Tradition, approximately 8,500 to 6,500 BC
Origin: Northern Sahara Desert, Morocco, North Africa [NWA]

Pestle: L: 6.8 CM / W: 6 CM / D: 6 CM / KG: 1.580
In stand: H: 30.4 CM / W: 7.3 CM / D: 7.3 CM / KG: 1.730