Neolithic Tenerian Culture Stone Grave Goods or Amulets dish Horse and Rider Figurines from

Horse and Rider Figurines from Ancient Marion

The geometric patterns on the vessel are created using wax and liquid colored clays

which terminates just below the rim on the interior and at the lower body

Models of money chests like this one were symbolic treasures

particularly the fertile Baliem Valley

Neolithic Tenerian Culture Stone Grave Goods or Amulets dish Horse and Rider Figurines fromTenerian Culture, c. 46002500 BC, Tnr Desert, Niger, West Africa Fascinating and evocative assemblage of ancient stone and fossil grave goods or amulets dating to the Neolithic Tenerian culture. Each piece reflects the ritual, symbolic, and spiritual world of a people who lived during one of the Saharas most remarkable climatic phasesthe Neolithic Subpluvial, a time when todays vast desert was a fertile savanna teeming with life. The Tenerian culture