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An excellent & rare Neolithic "Hand Polisoir" used for smoothing polished stone axes, Germany. SOLD
An excellent & rare Neolithic
An excellent & rare Neolithic An excellent & rare Neolithic An excellent & rare Neolithic An excellent & rare Neolithic
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c.4000 to 2500 B.C. An excellent & rare Neolithic "Hand Polisoir" (hand-held polishing stone) once used for smoothing and putting the final surface finish on Neolithic polished stone axes originally found in Germany many years ago and from an old European collection. This is a particularly fine example, expertly fashioned from an attractive veined black hard stone with a naturally bulbous handle end which fits the palm of the hand very comfortably for use. The other end of the Polisoir has a perfectly flat surface very smoothly worn from use. This flat surface would have been painstakingly and repeatedly rubbed over the previously shaped and pecked stone axes in order to smooth and polish the axe surfaces, possibly employing the use of water plus fine grits or sediments to gently abrade the stone away. The polishing surface of the Polisoirs consequently now possesses a beautifully smoothed and nicely aged surface and the tool is a very tactile piece to hold. In many ways, these simple Neolithic hand tools are far rarer than the axes they helped produce, a rare and interesting addition to any lithic collection, 55mm long x 45mm at widest x 43mm deep,