Ife Culture, rare terracotta head

Ife Culture, rare terracotta head, Possibly 11th-15th c., Nigeria, fragmentary, mounted on black wood stand, 5"h (head only) Provenance: Estate of Distinguished Professor Philip Gould, NYC Notes/Liter

Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Aztec culture, ca. 1200 to 1532 CE. An amazing and rare terracotta head fragment of an animated coyote with a toothy grin! The head is hand-built with a hollow interio

Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Veracruz or Aztec culture, ca. 1200 to 1532 CE. An amazing and rare terracotta head fragment of an animated coyote with a toothy grin! The head is hand-built with a ho

This is a large and impressive ancient fragment of a sculpture from the Sokoto culture, ca. 500 BCE to 200 CE. A relatively rare Sokoto terracotta head featuring the characteristic overhanging brows,

Africa, Nigeria, Sokoto culture, ca. 500 BCE to 200 CE. An impressive and relatively rare Sokoto terracotta head, with characteristic overhanging brows. It is difficult to ascertain whether it had a f

This is a wonderful ancient fragment of a sculpture from the Sokoto culture, ca. 500 BCE to 200 CE. An relatively rare Sokoto terracotta head featuring the characteristic overhanging brows, heavy lidd

A rare ancient terracotta head fragment in stylized form. Bura culture, Niger River Valley, Niger/Mali/Burkina Faso ca. 1000-1100 AD. Decorated with incisions on a cheerful face and wonderful braided

A rare ancient terracotta head fragment in elongated and stylized form. Bura culture, Niger River Valley, Niger/Mali/Burkina Faso ca. 1000-1100 AD. Decorated with incisions on a face. The terracotta m

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

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 rare Djenne culture head fragment with elongated head with small raised eyes in oval sockets, above a triangular nose and protruding mouth, resting on a columnar neck; lightly pitted and weathered s

A rare Djenne culture head fragment with elongated head with small raised eyes in oval sockets, above a triangular nose and protruding mouth, resting on a columnar neck; lightly pitted and weathered s

A rare ancient sculptural terracotta Head fragment from a larger sculpture. Bura culture, Niger River Valley, Niger/Mali/Burkina Faso ca. 1000-1100 AD. Decorated with raised and incised lines on an ar

A very rare ancient relic from Africa's past, a terracotta head, likely a fragment from a sculpture, katsina culture, Nigeria and dating back to 200 BC to 100 AD. This Nok related artifact features a

A very rare ancient relic from Africa's past, a terracotta head, likely a fragment from a sculpture, katsina culture, Nigeria and dating back to 200 BC to 100 AD. This Nok related artifact features a

A very rare ancient relic from Africa's past, a terracotta head, likely a fragment from a sculpture, katsina culture, Nigeria and dating back to 200 BC to 100 AD. This Nok related artifact features a

A very rare ancient relic from Africa's past, a terracotta head, likely a fragment from a sculpture, katsina culture, Nigeria and dating back to 200 BC to 100 AD. This Nok related artifact features a

A very rare ancient fragment of a sculpture, an elongated and stylized head with decorated coiffure, elongated neck and heavy brow. Katsina or related culture, approximately 2000 + years old, Nigeria,

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

**Originally Listed At $1000** Inland West Africa, southern Niger and eastern Mali, Bankoni culture, ca. 15th century CE. A rare hand-built terracotta vessel of a large, spherical form with a protrudi

This is a rare and fascinating ancient terracotta clay relic from the kOMALAND culture, present day Ghana, Africa. The Komaland culture is mysterious and not much is known other than the clay idols th

**First Time At Auction** Europe, Balkan area, Vinca culture, ca. 5th millennium BCE. A rare hand-built terracotta idol of beige and brown hues with finely incised markings including eyes, facial mark

A rare ancient terra cotta head fragment on custom wooden base. Bura culture, Niger River Valley, Niger/Mali/Burkina Faso ca. 1000-1100 AD. Decorated with raised linear designs incisions on a face. Th

A rare ancient terracotta clay shrine offering with stylized form, a exaggerated head of an ancestral spirit. Bura peoples, Niger river delta, Nigeria, likely dating from the 11th to the 15th century.