Nok (civilization) - Lot 106

Lot n° 106
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Nok (civilization) - Lot 106
Nok (civilization) Nigeria Bust of a terracotta statue found during an excavation, depicting a young girl holding her right breast. Her left arm, bent, holds a horn-shaped vessel. She wears an imposing multi-row necklace and a trilobed headdress with small side braids at the temples. Beautiful eroded ochre-colored patina. An ASA thermoluminescence test dates it to 2,300 years ago ± 200 years Former Jean Bellec Collection H. 43 cm
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