NOK TERRACOTTA 10
© Tim Hamill
NOK, TERRACOTTA HEAD NO. 10, 6.5", SOLD, Nigeria
The oldest and most impressive group of terracottas in "Africa
Unearthed" are the powerful and elegant heads and figures of the Nok.
Little is known of the Nok civilization (ca. 500 B.C. - 200 A.D.) They were
discovered in 1943 during mining near the village of Nok (hence the name),
in Nigeria. Bernard Fagg, William Fagg's brother, did much of the early
work on these discoveries. Over the years we have acquired many Nok pieces,
varying in size, quality and amount and type of repairs made. Many have
been tested at Bortolot Daybreak Corp. in Conn. and have papers documenting
their age by thermoluminescence. More information will be available in the
gallery and on our website. Katsina and Sokoto pieces, of which we have
only a few, are from the same period, even more recently discovered, and
also from Nigeria. All are drilled and mounted on black iron bases.
This piece has not yet been tested. A test, if desired, will
add $$400-$500 to the price and would then include its certificate. A failed
test would nullify the sale and the sale price and cost of test would be
refunded. Every single larger piece from this source passed its thermoluminesence
test.
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