BURA, TERRACOTTA HEAD 55, Niger

 

Photographs © Tim Hamill

 BURA
Head 55
6.5"
$400
SOLD

There are surface scratches over much of this head. The large u-shaped crack on the back is stable. It is freestanding and requires no base.

Little is known of the Bura civilization (ca. 3rd - 11th centuries). The site was first discovered in 1975, excavations began in 1983. Most of the objects dug up are terracotta heads or vessels. Many of these terracotta heads are fragments from vessels or figures.

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