Detail View: The AMICA Library: Head
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1995.21
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AMICA Library Year:
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1998
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Object Type:
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Sculpture
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Creator Nationality:
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Nok
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Africa, Nigeria, Nok culture
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Title:
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Head
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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c. 600 BC-250
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Creation Start Date:
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-600
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Creation End Date:
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250
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Materials and Techniques:
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terracotta
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Style or Period:
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Nok Culture
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Creation Place:
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Africa, Nigeria
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Dimensions:
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Overall: 38.2cm x 20cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1995.21
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Credit Line:
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Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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Rights:
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Context:
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The Nok culture of central Nigeria initiated sub-Saharan Africa's earliest known sculptural tradition by around 600 BC. Artists modeled coarse-grained clay by hand to produce human and animal effigies of unknown function. This exceptionally well-preserved head probably belonged to a life-size seated figure, posed with knees drawn up and chin resting on a forearm. The artist combined boldly exaggerated proportions with carefully rendered details. These include indentations on the eyelids and brows, scarification on the cheeks, and teeth inside the parted lips.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1995.21.tif
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