A RARE NOK ARM FROM A FIGURE, circa 200 BC-500 AD

Details

A RARE NOK ARM FROM A FIGURE, circa 200 BC-500 AD

A hollow, sensitively modeled arm with bracelet, the long fingers curving in an open fist, the thumb extended, of yellowish brown roughly textured terracotta.
9in. long (22.8cm.)

Literature

Baldwin et. al., 1987, p. 135, illus.

Exhibited

New York, The Center for African Art, Perspectives. Angles on African Art, 1987. This exhibition travelled to ?, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and Birmingham, The Birmingham Museum of Art.

Lot Essay

When he chose this object for the Perspectives exhibition, David Rockefeller commented in part: "This I thought was a very beautiful art form. Again I was fascinated that it was as old as it was ... It's a beautiful composition (Baldwin, et. al., 1987, p. 135)."