A large seated Nok sculpture, both knees bent while squatting, the left knee and foot broken off, as well as the left arm, the right arm resting gently on the right knee, the left arm probably had an identical position, (see: Bernard de Gruenne, The Birth of Art in Africa.Nok Statuary in Nigeria, 1999, 119, III/b), a voluminous ruff/collar, the head elongated, an elaborate coiffure with incorporated tassels; inside the core filled with earth, without base.

Lit.: Schaedler, Erde und Erz, Panterra 1997, S 195 ff., Valées du Niger, Musées nationaux, Paris 1993, 393 ff. Bernard de Grunne, the birth of Art in Africa,1999 .Peter Breunig (ed.), Nok, African Sculpture in Archeological Context, 2014.

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Height: 69 cm
Weight: 32 kg

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