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Description : West Africa, Central Nigeria, Nok, ca. 500 BCE to 200 CE. A fascinating head hand-made from a coarse, quartz-tempered clay to depict an expressive face with pierced half-circle eyes, a naturalistic nose with delineated nostrils, and a round, wide open mouth. The style of Nok facial features shows similarity to more historic and contemporary bronze and wooden sculptures found among the Benin and Yoruba peoples of Nigeria. It has been said these ancient figures represent the beginnings of West African art. Size: 3.15 W x 7 H (8 cm x 17.8 cm), 7.75 H (19.7 cm) on included custom stand. Classical Nok terracotta sculpture was first found in 1943 deep within a tin mine, near the present-day town of Nok, situated on the Jos Plateau in central Nigeria. The exact use of these portrait-like figures has yet to be discovered, none of these sculptures has ever been found in situ and any remains of these ancient structures are practically non-existent today. However, it has been suggested the hollow terracotta figures, which this head came from, were ancestral effigies kept in shrine houses. Provenance: ex-private Pearson collection, Denver, Colorado, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #143192
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