18" high $10,000* |
13" high $8,000* |
15" high $10,000* |
9" high $5000* |
11" high $4000* |
6.5" high $2000 |
8.75" high $2000 |
4.5" high $1200 |
Although we have Nok objects in our inventory, we are faced with the problem of having misplaced the original certificates for those pieces authenticated by Bortolot Daybreak Labs.
Victor Bortolot agreed to furnish duplicate certificates and cashed the check for that service in August, 2010. He has, so far, failed to furnish them in spite of repeated requests to do so.
We do have photocopies of the lost certificates for the authenticated pieces.
18" high $10,000* |
13" high $8,000* |
15" high $10,000* |
9" high $5000* |
11" high $4000* |
6.5" high $2000 |
8.75" high $2000 |
4.5" high $1200 |
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.) The artifacts were discovered in 1943 during mining near the village of Nok (hence the name), in Nigeria. Over the years we have acquired many Nok pieces, varying in size, quality and amount and type of repairs made.
Those marked with an asterisk have been tested by thermoluminescence at Bortolot Daybreak Corp. in Connecticut and have papers documenting their age. The original papers have been lost (misplaced). We have been trying to get new originals from Bortolot with no success yet. We have photocopies of the originals. All results were "consistent with the suggested date of the object concerned." Katsina and Sokoto pieces, of which we have only a few, are from the same period, even more recently discovered, and also from Nigeria.
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