COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
CMA_.1995.21
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CMA_.1995.21
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
1998
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1998
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Sculpture
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Sculpture
Object Type
false
Creator Nationality:
Nok
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Nok
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Africa, Nigeria, Nok culture
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Africa, Nigeria, Nok culture
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Head
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Head
Title
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Title Type:
Primary
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Primary
Title Type
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View:
Detail
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Detail
View
false
Creation Date:
c. 600 BC-250
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c. 600 BC-250
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
-600
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-600
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
250
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250
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
terracotta
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terracotta
Materials and Techniques
false
Style or Period:
Nok Culture
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Nok Culture
Style or Period
false
Creation Place:
Africa, Nigeria
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Africa, Nigeria
Creation Place
false
Dimensions:
Overall: 38.2cm x 20cm
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Overall: 38.2cm x 20cm
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1995.21
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1995.21
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
Credit Line
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>
Rights
false
Context:
The Nok culture of central Nigeria initiated sub-Saharan Africa's earliest known sculptural tradition by around 600 BC. Artists modeled coarse-grained clay by hand to produce human and animal effigies of unknown function. This exceptionally well-preserved head probably belonged to a life-size seated figure, posed with knees drawn up and chin resting on a forearm. The artist combined boldly exaggerated proportions with carefully rendered details. These include indentations on the eyelids and brows, scarification on the cheeks, and teeth inside the parted lips.
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The Nok culture of central Nigeria initiated sub-Saharan Africa's earliest known sculptural tradition by around 600 BC. Artists modeled coarse-grained clay by hand to produce human and animal effigies of unknown function. This exceptionally well-preserved head probably belonged to a life-size seated figure, posed with knees drawn up and chin resting on a forearm. The artist combined boldly exaggerated proportions with carefully rendered details. These include indentations on the eyelids and brows, scarification on the cheeks, and teeth inside the parted lips.
Context
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1995.21det01.tif
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CMA_.1995.21det01.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
false