Ancient Nok Terracotta Effigy Head, ex-Arnovick

**Originally Listed at $300** New lower price! Africa, Nigeria, Katsina style, ca. 200 BCE to 100 CE. This is a terracotta head with long features and no chin; the eyes are holes, as are the nose and

A Classic Ancient Terracotta Head fragment from an ancient sculpture ,Nigeria, West Africa. Classic facial features with large almond shaped eyes and stylized coiffure. Nok head fragments were once pa

Africa, Mali / Niger, Bura-Asinda-Sikka culture, ca. 3rd to 11th centuries CE. A carved solid terracotta memorial head from a vessel or figure, with incised slit eyes and mouth, small modeled ears, a

3 Ancient African Nok Terracotta Heads, 500 BCE - 200 CE. Size: Ranging from 4.5'' x 3.5'' x 3.5'' (11 x 9 x 9 cm) to 7.5'' x 4.5'' x 5.5'' (19 x 11 x 14 cm). Provenance: Ex. collection Karim Deen.

**Previously Listed At $350** Africa, Northeast Nigeria, Katsina, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. Quite rare, an ancient Katsina terracotta janus (double-headed) figure that once belonged to a statue that

Papua New Guinea, Sepik River, Aibom Village, ca. early 20th century CE. A dramatic terracotta head effigy of a composite animal / human countenance, the face of a triangular form with horn-like exten

Africa, Mali / Niger, Bura-Asinda-Sikka culture, ca. 3rd to 11th centuries CE. A carved solid terracotta memorial head from a vessel or figure, with pierced eyes and a slit mouth, a slightly raised no

Africa, Mali/Niger, Bura-Asinda-Sikka culture, ca. 3rd to 11th centuries CE. A carved solid terracotta memorial head from a vessel or figure, with coffee bean shaped eyes and mouth, the right ear deli

Bura Asinda-Sikka, southwest Niger, ca. 3rd to 13th centuries CE. This is a large hollow earthenware pottery jar with a humanoid head atop it and decoration around the neck/shoulders. This piece was p

An ancient terracotta clay fragment of a sculpture which can be dated broadly between 500 BCE and 200 CE. A fragment of what was originally a full figure. Preserved fragments of other statues indicate

Archaic clay relic of a anthropomorphic figure, only the top of the head remains. This ancient Nok sculpture consists of what appears to be a portrait head fragmented by damage and age. Nok culture, N

A Very rare ancient relic from West Africa, Central Nigeria, Nok culture, ca. 500 BCE to 200 CE. A terracotta headvmade of a coarse, quartz-tempered clay. The features were hand-modeled, and the face

This is a classic Nok terracotta head from Nigeria, West Africa.Estimated to be from around 500 BC till about 200 AD. Nok culture, named after the village on the Jos plateu in Nigeria where it was fir

This is a classic Nok terracotta head from Nigeria, West Africa.Estimated to be from around 500 BC till about 200 AD. Nok culture, named after the village on the Jos plateu in Nigeria where it was fir

A Classic Ancient Terracotta Head fragment from an ancient sculpture , Nigeria, West Africa. Nok head fragments were once part of entire bodies and are the most renowned objects within the corpus know

A Charming Ancient Terracotta Head fragment from an ancient sculpture , Nigeria, West Africa. Nok head fragments were once part of entire bodies and are the most renowned objects within the corpus kno

Ancient clay relic of a anthropomorphic figure, only the head remains. This ancient Nok sculpture consists of what appears to be a portrait head fragmented by damage and age. Sokoto or Nok culture, Ni

Africa, Nigeria, ca 300 to 900 CE. Pottery head of a male with tightly cropped hair, eyes and nostrils created using a sharpened stick, mouth open and indication of a beard. A very nice example! Custo

DESCRIPTION: Ancient African Nok Terracotta Head Fragment with carved protruded symmetric eyes and lips. The Nok culture produced sculptures of human heads and figures of humans and animals in terraco

DESCRIPTION: Ancient African Nok Terracotta Head. The Nok culture produced sculptures of human heads and figures of humans and animals in terracotta, the earliest such sculpture produced in sub-Sahara

**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Northern Nigeria, Nok culture, ca. 500 BCE to 600 CE. A hand-built and hollow terracotta head of a man with a pecked beard and a prominent chin. The neckline is

**Previously Listed At $300** Bura Asinda-Sikka, modern day southwest Niger and Burkina Faso, ca. 3rd to 13th centuries CE. This is an earthenware pottery head atop a wide cylindrical base, all decora

West Africa, North Ghana, Koma, ca. 12th to 16th century CE. An elaborately carved elongated head from the Koma culture of North Ghana with traits characteristic of Koma figurines including wide open

A rare Djenne culture head fragment with elongated head with small raised eyes in oval sockets, above a triangular nose and protruding mouth, decorated with incised designs, resting on a columnar neck