Early terracotta bust of the Nok culture (c. 500 BCE-200 CE), bearing the distinctive “Negroid” features of the Niger-Congo/Nilo-Saharan peoples. The statue's broad and flat nose, everted lips and prognathism are markedly unlike the “Caucasoid” countenances of the sculptures made by the ancient Egyptians, Puntites and other Afro-Asiatic-speaking populations. This points to different ancestral origins…
Enigmatic Nok Culture: A Sub-Saharan Archaeological Puzzle
African archaeology: Nigeria: A head sculpture from the Nok
Nok culture
Nok culture, African, Terracotta, Sculptures
Nok Terracotta Sculpture, 500 BCE - 200 CE
Image of Nigeria: Nok culture image of a person resting his chin
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Seated female figure, Nok, Nigeria (terracotta)
Nigeria - Nok culture, 300 to 500 BC Kneeling figure Ter…
Standing figure. Nok culture, Nigeria, 5th century BC. -…
The making of “Nok terracotta”