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

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ClassificationsSculpture

Collections

Africa and Oceania

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.