Unidentified

Female Head With Double Nose Ring

circa 900 BC-200 AD

Category
Culture
Nok
Place Made
Nigeria: Jos Plateau
Materials
Terracotta
Measurements
10 1/4 x 7 x 8 3/4 in (26.035 x 17.78 x 22.225 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds from an anonymous donor
Accession #
2007.97
Description

Female terra cotta head with elaborate coiffure of two large lobes on the crown (evidence to two further lobes having been placed on the middle of the head but are now missing) and pendant tresses at the temples held in place by an elaborately braided headband. The head also features high-arched eyebrows with incised decoration, the septum with double nose ring, the eyes, ears, nostrils and mouth pierced, and the whole with a fine reddish-buff slip.