Head
about 500 B.C.–A.D. 200
Medium/TechniqueCeramic; terracotta
Dimensions16.51 cm (6 1/2 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William E. Teel to the MFA for transfer to the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Accession numberAPP.2014.222
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
Provenance1993, said to have been found near Nok, Kaduna State, Nigeria and taken to Europe, where it was acquired by Marc Leo Felix (dealer), Brussels; March, 1994, sold by Felix to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequeathed by William Teel to the MFA and transferred to the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
12th–14th century
about 500 B.C.–A.D. 200
about 1750
20th century
19th century
