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Magnificent Nok head. Nigeria, ca. 500 BC - 200 AD. H 23 cm. Reddish-brown terracotta with "granite grus", presumably from a figure. Male head sculpture in the characteristic Nok style: spherical head with strikingly high forehead and pointed chin; moustache and chin beard, decorated with grooves; cap-like coiffure arranged in a ring with accentuated back of the head; grooved hair braids, a kind of sideburns, at the temples. with hairband; stylized hair curved outwards at the nape of the neck; headband; lower eyelids form a circle together with the eyebrows, pierced pupils; open, wide-lipped mouth. With TL analysis by the Kotalla laboratory from 2004! Small missing fragments on the lower hairline, minimal age-related cracks, small holes on the cheek and neck. Mounted. Provenance: Ex collection F.N., Stuttgart, since the 1970s.
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Magnificent Nok head. Nigeria, ca. 500 BC - 200 AD. H 23 cm. Reddish-brown terracotta with "granite grus", presumably from a figure. Male head sculpture in the characteristic Nok style: spherical head with strikingly high forehead and pointed chin; moustache and chin beard, decorated with grooves; cap-like coiffure arranged in a ring with accentuated back of the head; grooved hair braids, a kind of sideburns, at the temples. with hairband; stylized hair curved outwards at the nape of the neck; headband; lower eyelids form a circle together with the eyebrows, pierced pupils; open, wide-lipped mouth. With TL analysis by the Kotalla laboratory from 2004! Small missing fragments on the lower hairline, minimal age-related cracks, small holes on the cheek and neck. Mounted. Provenance: Ex collection F.N., Stuttgart, since the 1970s.
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