Nok seated figure

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Sculpture · c. 200 BC · Jos Plateau · Africa

A figure hugging its knees — proof Nok made full bodies, not just heads

Nok seated figure — Nicotta · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Style: Nok terracottas — Clay heads and figures with triangular eyes — the oldest large sculpture in sub-Saharan Africa
Century: 3rd century BC

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