Nok Art Was Early Sculptural Pottery in West Africa - ThoughtCo
WEBJan 25, 2020 · Nok art is the earliest known sculptural terracotta art in West Africa, found throughout Nigeria and made between 500 BC and 500 AD.
The Nok Culture - National Geographic Society
WEBFeb 9, 2024 · The Nok culture was one of the earliest known societies of Western Africa. It existed in modern-day Nigeria from around 500 B.C.E. to 200 C.E. The Nok farmed crops and used iron tools. Historians and archaeologists refer to this culture as the Nok culture because artifacts were first discovered near
Nok Terracottas (500 B.C.–200 A.D.) - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
WEBOne of the earliest African centers of ironworking and terracotta figure production, the Nok culture remains an enigma. Most Nok sculpture is hollow and coil-built like pottery.
Nok culture - Wikipedia
WEBExcluding ancient Egyptian figurative art, Nok sculptures are regarded to be the most early, large figurative art in continental Africa. [9]
10 Facts You Need to Know About Nok Art - Google Arts & Culture
WEBNok art occupies a prominent place in Nigeria’s art because of its history which dates back to the 2nd-5th centuries of the iron age. It was a product of a culture that appeared in Northern...
Nok Culture - World History Encyclopedia
WEBMar 27, 2019 · Famous for the distinctive terracotta sculptures of human heads and figures, Nok was the first known culture in West Africa to produce such art and perhaps the first sub-Saharan culture to perfect iron-smelting technology.
Nok culture | African, Terracotta, Sculptures | Britannica
WEBNok culture, ancient Iron Age culture that existed on the Benue Plateau of Nigeria between about 500 bce and 200 ce. First discovered in 1928 in the small tin-mining village of Nok, artifacts of similar features were found over an area that stretched about 300 miles (480 km) east to west and 200.
The Nok of Nigeria - Archaeology Magazine Archive
WEBIn his classic survey of African art, Frank Willett wrote that the Nok created Africa's earliest sculptural tradition outside of Egypt. Like their contemporaries, the soldier-builders of Xian,...
The Nok and the Wonders of this Lost African Culture
WEBJul 11, 2023 · The Nok culture is almost entirely unknown. How did they apparently skip the Bronze Age in their development, and what can we learn from their haunting art?
Nok Terracotta Sculptures - World History Commons
WEB2 days ago · Nok terracotta sculptures are the earliest-known sculptures from sub-Saharan Africa, created by the Nok culture of which little is known except their ironworking and terracotta sculptures that flourished circa 1500 BCE to 1 BCE.
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