2000.47.11

Collection type

Object

Description

Cast of a terracotta head from Nok. [JC 3/11/2000]

Long description

Clay cast of a terracotta head from Nok. One eye, both nostrils, and mouth are all perforated through to the hollow interior. Figure has a single pointed ear remaining, and semi-circular eyes with large protruding eyelids. Figure also has chin beard or goatee. [IL [OPS Move] 20/6/2017]

Geographical reference

Nigeria

Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria

Nok

Cultural groups

English

Person

Field collector Unknown Collector

PRM source British Museum

PRM source William Buller Fagg

PRM source Bernard Evelyn Buller Fagg

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1965, uncertain Date made: Before 1967, uncertain

Date collected

By 2000

Acquisition information

Purchased: 27/05/1965, uncertain Purchased: 11/05/1967, uncertain Found unentered: 03/11/2000

Materials and processes

Material Clay, Process Cast

Dimensions

Depth: max 125 mm, Width: max 156 mm, Height: max 210 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 2000.47.11 Other numbers: 79

Research and responses

One of sixteen casts of Nok terracottas purchased from the British Museum in two batches of eight (on 27 May 1965 and 11 May 1967); two of the sixteen were apparently never received (see unsigned and undated note in Related Documents file). [JC 3/11/2000]

This is a cast of the terracotta listed as no. 79 in Nok Terracottas, by Bernard Fagg (London: Ethnographica, 1977). See plate 79. [JC 3/11/2000]

Search terms: Reproduction, Cast