Danish Mesolithic Period Flint Burin myanmar with the oatmeal coloured paste

with the oatmeal coloured paste and iron black under-glaze with a scrolling pattern circling the outside

the Queen sacrificed her only son to the river to save her people during their flight — a tragic act from which the name Baule (“the child is dead”) derives

The lamp features a solid cylindrical body centered by a recessed fill hole

accompanying the dead in burials alongside pottery

Tanner Africa: Journal of the International African Institute

Danish Mesolithic Period Flint Burin myanmar with the oatmeal coloured pasteErteblle Culture, c. 54003950 BC, Denmark An elegant and finely worked flint burin from late Mesolithic Denmark, this beautifully preserved artifact features a single chisel like modified edge, with the bulb of percussion prominently positioned near the center. Burins like this one were specialized engraving tools, expertly used by prehistoric craftspeople to carve wood, bone, or antler, enabling the creation of intricate decorations, notches, and