Head

thermoluminescence date 20–620 CE Overall: 38.2 x 20 cm (15 1/16 x 7 7/8 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.21

More than 500 such sculptures—often full figures with elaborate hairstyles and jewelry— have been found in central Nigeria. Named after a discovery site, Nok culture (500 BCE–200 CE or 1500–1 BCE) produced the earliest large figurative artworks in Africa outside of Egypt. Litt...

Sculpture

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