Portrait head
12th–14th century
Medium/TechniqueCeramic; terracotta (?)
Dimensions19.68 cm (7 3/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William E. Teel to the MFA for transfer to the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Accession numberAPP.2014.225
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceBy about 1980, said to be in the collection of M. Luttig, France [see note]. By June 1994, Lovart International, Montreuil, France; February, 1995, sold by Lovart International to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequeathed by William Teel to the MFA and transferred to the Federal Republic of Nigeria. NOTE: This collecting history is unverified. At the time of its acquisition, the sculpture was accompanied by a typed statement apparently from Ekpo Eyo, former Director General of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria, which said that the piece did not come from any public collection or museum in Nigeria. Recent correspondence from the office of the Director General, National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria, has cast doubts upon this document's authenticity.
about 500 B.C.–A.D. 200
about 500 B.C.–A.D. 200
about 1750
20th century
19th century
