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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 9800894, member: 8267&quot;]The stone may be very old, as [USER=36]@evelyb30[/USER] suggested. The hole through it appears to be biconical (drilled from both sides, producing an hourglass shaped hole), which is typical of perforated/bored stones made during the neolithic time period and subsequent &quot;stone age&quot; cultures. No one knows for sure what they were originally used for, but archeologists have suggested they may have been mace heads, or weights for digging sticks. Similar stones have been found in many locations around the world, including many in sub-Saharan Africa, and prehistoric bored stones appear to have been found and repurposed by later cultures. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an article discussing the symbolism and use of perforated stones among contemporary groups in South Africa -</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11759-024-09494-9#Bib1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11759-024-09494-9#Bib1" rel="nofollow">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11759-024-09494-9#Bib1</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect the stone head of your hammer may have been found and put to a new use. You might take it to an archeology museum in your area to see if it is similar to prehistoric examples.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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