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THBWest African Sokoto Terracotta Shrine Figure w/ TL
Lot 193a
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Artemis Fine Arts
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Fine Arts
Apr 25, 2019
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2019-04-25 10:00:00
2019-04-25 10:00:00
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- Lot Description
West Africa, modern day Nigeria, Sokoto culture, ca. 500 BCE to 200 CE. A fascinating hollow terracotta shrine figure or anthropomorphic form, with the head larger proportionally than the rest. It is a male figure wearing a necklace and with elaborately braided hair. Sokoto state in modern day northwest Nigeria is in the Niger River Valley, at the confluence of ancient trade routes and roughly contemporary with the Nok culture to its south. Very little is known of the ancient Sokoto culture; Bayard Rustin (yes that one!), who originally collected the Sokoto collection for the Yale University Art Gallery, recorded that most terracotta pieces like this one were found in large manmade mounds. Characteristic Sokoto figures are large, hollow, thin-walled, and low-fired human figures with heavy eyebrows and beards. Size: 6.7" L x 6.3" W x 15.5" H (17 cm x 16 cm x 39.4 cm); 16.25" H (41.3 cm) on included custom stand.
This piece has been tested using thermoluminescence (TL) analysis and has been found to be ancient and of the period stated. A full report will accompany purchase.
Provenance: ex-private Pearson collection, Denver, Colorado, USA; ex-Peter Arnovick collection, San Francisco, California, USA
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
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#145051The arms are lost at the ends as is one foot. There are two small holes on the body.Condition
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