NEOLITHIC CHILD'S STONE AGE TOOL PREHISTORIC TOY AXE #2

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Authentic prehistoric neolithic stone age implement from Central Viet Nam. Please note that insurance is not included in shipping costs. Please read all and see photos before bidding as all tools are offered as originally dug and found. Guaranteed original and authentic. Money back Guarantee. Check out my other listings also. Thank you. Note: Quarter shown in photo is used for size comparison only and is NOT included in bidding or purchase. I'm no archaeologist but I always was fascinated by what can be found in and on theground. I never expected to run across prehistoric materialbut you never knew what you'd find in the mountains, hamlets, rice paddys or jungles of Viet Nam (including Viet Cong!). These are all from my personal collection which I have enjoyed but now, due to old age (mine), am offering for sale on eBay. ITEM: Genuine Neolithic mini axe head. 8.4 grams. 1 1/2 x 1 1/8 x 1/4 inches. Beveled top and bottom by blade. Rare size! Good condition. Chipping by blade area.It's intriguing to fondle and view these ancient stone implements as one tries to determine just specifically what the different shapes and sizes were used for. Some stone tools are straight edges while others are rounded; some smooth while others are jagged. Of special curiosity in this collection were several tiny tools, mini-sized of other similar shapes. The collection has several very large tools, no doubt used for clubbing large animals (or humans), and hewing down trees. Most of the collection of tools range in length from 2 ½ to 4 ½ inches, but these miniature tools are only about 1 ½ inches in length. Pondering what they could have been used for (prehistoric salesman's samples?), it finally dawned on me. I believe they are children's toys. Children love to emulate their parents and, just as we had our miniature hammers and screwdrivers to monkey (pardon the Darwinian reference) around with, these Neolithic youngsters had their own play tools no doubt hand crafted by their fathers or local stone mason who encouraged their kids to learn how to de-flesh animal bones and slice off bamboo shoots. Yeah, although separated by tens of thousands of years, kids are kids. No doubt that the Flintstone family had the same human characteristics and conversations that we have today: "Hey dad, can I have a spear like yours?" "No, you'll poke your eye out!" I don't believe that Neolithic man was some stooped over grunting ape-creature. They may not have had Armani suits and television, but they were folks like us who adapted to their surroundings and advanced in their technology. They passed down tradition and folklore. They cared for and taught their young and each generation invented newer and better means of improving their living conditions. And the kids had toys. T is no doubt, in this old man's mind, that when the kids got together to play ("Go on outside, I'm busy de-lousing your father's bearskin.") they would talk about what they wanted to be when they grew up: a hunter, tanner, tool-maker or shaman. "Why can't you just be like your father and learn to be a hunter?""But mom, this tax collecting thing is new and all you have to do is go around and collect shells from people. It's easy!""Next you'll be telling me you want to join a rock band!" Times have changed as technology advanced but being human never does. Down through the ages since the dawn of time, I believe, children have had toys to play with; to emulate the adult world. Sadly, also since the dawn of time, those playthings have also included toy weapons. From Wikipedia: "The term Hoabinhian was first used by archeologists working in North Viet Nam to describe Holocene period archeological assemblages excavated from rock shelters. It has become a common term to describe stone artifact assemblages in Southeast Asia that contain flaked cobble artifacts...(and/or) with certain characteristics" Archeological excavations have been mostly in the Northern part of Viet N... read more

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