A Neolithic chalcedony adzehead from Chad

A Neolithic chalcedony adzehead from Chad

Code: 2453

£70.00
Description: A reddish brown chalcedony adzehead with a broad cutting edge and of flattened form, with a symmetrical posterior taper and rounded butt. The surface weathered and with shallow chips and a dark reddish brown patina on one side, from Chad, sub-Saharan Africa.

Size: 90 mm/3.5 ins. in length

Culture: North African Neolithic

Date: c. 5th to mid-3rd Millennium B.C.

Provenance: Ex Professor Robert Vincent Davis (1945-2015) Collection of Stone Tools.

Background: Professor Davis was a renown scholar and an acclaimed international expert on stone age axes. He was also the owner of an outstanding private collection. He was a Research Associate at the University of York and Chair and chief petrologist of the Implement Petrology Group, formerly the Implement Petrology Committee, one of the oldest specialist committees founded by the Council for British Archaeology.

Supplied with a page of notes from Davis's collection catalogue when it was museum recorded.