Rare African Clay Sokoto Head - Ex Arnovick

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

**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

Africa, Mali / Niger, Bura-Asinda-Sikka culture, ca. 3rd to 11th centuries CE. One of the finer of this variety of clay heads we have seen! Long neck with 4 levels of added/ punched necklaces, head sl

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

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

Africa, Niger River valley, Bura culture, ca 3rd to 13th century, but most likely toward the later end of the culture. Large and unusual pottery head of a human in redware coarse clay. Figure with exa

West Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, or Guinea, Dan peoples, late 19th to early 20th century CE. A dramatic and beautiful example of a "mask" (made to be worn atop the head rather than over the fac

Africa, Bura-Asinda-Sikka, Mali / Niger, ca. 3rd to 11th century CE. A rare carved stone head/marker from this little known culture. The entire marker is carved to resemble a human figure with charact

Papua New Guinea, Washkuk Region, ca. early 20th century CE. This is a handmade pottery head and elongated neck, with bulging, hollow eyes and mouth and a pronounced nose and wide, pierced ears. Papua

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

North Africa, central Sahara region, ca. 6000 BCE. This is an engraved piece of rock art that has been produced using flints to show the outline of a genderless shaman figure. The style of this piece

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

A Very heavy carved wooden effigy in the form of a stylized Ram. Known locally as "Uhmwogho" it was considered a memorial to Important male ancestors who were often honored with wooden ram heads. Thes

A Very heavy carved wooden effigy in the form of a stylized Ram. Known locally as "Uhmwogho" it was considered a memorial to Important male ancestors who were often honored with wooden ram heads. Thes

Africa, Katsina, modern day Nigeria, ca. 200 BCE to 100 CE. This is a wonderfully (almost)-complete hollow clay shrine figure with a metal bracelet around one wrist. The face is expressive, with a lar

Africa, Bura /Asinda / Sikka area, present day Niger and Burkina Faso, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. This is a thick-walled, smooth terracotta cylindrical figure with three nubbins representing sexual organs,

Dakakari culture, Nigeria, ca. 19th to 20th century CE. This incredible, large, hollow pottery figure shows a four-legged, horned animal (maybe a hartebeest?) with ears erect and a collar of some kind

Africa, Sierra Leone, Kissi/Sapi/Mende peoples, ca. 14th to 17th century CE. A carved stone figural head of a characteristically elongated and enlarged form, the visage delineated with assymetrically

Bura Asinda-Sikka, southwest Niger, ca. 3rd to 13th centuries CE. This is a large, handsome, hollow rough earthenware pottery figure showing a human with decorated arms and chest as well as hair done

Africa, Sierra Leone, Kissi /Sapi / Mende peoples, ca. 14th to 17th century CE. A carved stone anthropomorphic figural piece with an elongated head detailed with characteristic rectangular mouth, glob

Africa, Tenenku culture, Mali, ca. 13th to 16th centuries CE. This is a seated terracotta humanoid figure on a slight platform; the figure has elongated facial features, bracelets and anklets. It appe

Africa, Niger River Delta, Igbo, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A fascinating terracotta shrine effigy created by the Igbo peoples of the Niger River Delta, its unusual form elaborately adorn

Africa, Inland Nigeria, Chamba, ca. early 20th century CE. A seated terracotta figure with outstretched arms and legs and a very expressive visage with signs of a large and perhaps open mouth. The fig