Authentic bored stone carved from durable local stone with a central perforation
Traditionally originating from the Tenerian culture of the Central Sahara (modern-day Niger)
Dating from the 1stmillennium BC or earlier, these heavy, pecked and polished stone discs served crucial functional and cultural purposes in prehistoric African societies
In prehistoric Africa, these bored stones typically functioned as heavy weights for digging sticks to tip wooden tools for agriculture, as functional flywheels, or as formidable mace heads for hunting and defense