axe (celt)

granite

Neolithic (c. 7000 BCE to 1000 BCE)

Djado Plateau, northeast Niger

length 7 ¾ inches

acquired by Jack Daulton in Niger

For a similar type from the Sahara in polished green stone, see: Tom Phillips, ed., Africa, The Art of a Continent (Munich: Prestel Verlag, 2004), pg. 549, ill. no. 7.5.

For other examples of the type, see: Carved Stones from Prehistory: The Art of Early Toolmaking (Colnaghi, New York, 2023), No. 11 and No. 12 (each a "celt" of fine-grained stone from Niger, length 6-7 inches, 10,000-5,000 B.C.).