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The Nok Culture

von Gert Chesi, Gerhard Merzeder

History Art

ISBN

3791336460

Verlag

Prestel Publishing

Erschienen

01.01.1970

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Nok Culture Terra Cotta Sculptures African Art Nigerian History Archaeology Ancient Civilizations Figurative Sculpture Art History Cultural Heritage Nok Civilization Monumental Sculpture African Archaeology Historical Artifacts Art Essays Enigmatic Cultures Prehistoric Art Artifacts Discovery Art and Rituals Sub-Saharan Africa Art Publications

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"This publication is the first comprehensive overview of Nok terra cotta sculptures, discovered in an area of modern-day Nigeria known as the cradle of Africa's monumental sculpture. Excavations over the last fifteen years have uncovered many hundred terra cottas and fragments which were central to rites performed in the Nok civilisation 2,500 years ago: the oldest known figurative sculptures south of the Sahara." "About one hundred authenticated Nok figures, the majority published here for the first time, are included in this lavishly illustrated publication, accompanied by two essays that take a closer look at the mysteries of this enigmatic culture."--BOOK JACKET.