Name/Title
Nok Pottery HeadEntry/Object ID
2019.5.1Description
A coarse, quartz-tempered clay figure with an expressive face, half-circle eyes, a naturalistic nose with delineated nostrils, and a wide-open mouth, from the Nok culture and people in modern-day Nigeria. Such figures may represent the beginnings of West African art.Made/Created
Date made
500 BCE - 200 CENotes
From the Nok culture and people in modern-day NigeriaInterpretative Labels
Label Type
Credit LineLabel
Gift of Carmen R. Croce, '71