The making of “Nok terracotta”

The famous terracottas of the Nok culture of central Nigeria represent the oldest figurative art of sub-Saharan Africa. This article describes the reproduction of such a terracotta by a Nigerian craftsman. The technical aspects – clay preparation, tooling, production process – as well as the clear d...

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Autores principales:	Peter Breunig, James Ameje
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Lenguaje:	EN FR
Publicado:	OpenEdition 2007
Materias:	Nok terracotta statuary art Archaeology CC1-960 History of the arts NX440-632
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:43dd2b6cf85548ab9b6cbd2e85af32552021-12-02T10:47:40ZThe making of “Nok terracotta”2431-204510.4000/aaa.1398https://doaj.org/article/43dd2b6cf85548ab9b6cbd2e85af32552007-02-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/aaa/1398https://doaj.org/toc/2431-2045The famous terracottas of the Nok culture of central Nigeria represent the oldest figurative art of sub-Saharan Africa. This article describes the reproduction of such a terracotta by a Nigerian craftsman. The technical aspects – clay preparation, tooling, production process – as well as the clear design of the finished product and the different stages that the artist has in mind during the entire process are particularly interesting.Peter BreunigJames AmejeOpenEditionarticleNokterracottastatuaryartArchaeologyCC1-960History of the artsNX440-632ENFRAfrique Archéologie Arts, Vol 4, Pp 91-102 (2007)
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description	The famous terracottas of the Nok culture of central Nigeria represent the oldest figurative art of sub-Saharan Africa. This article describes the reproduction of such a terracotta by a Nigerian craftsman. The technical aspects – clay preparation, tooling, production process – as well as the clear design of the finished product and the different stages that the artist has in mind during the entire process are particularly interesting.
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The making of “Nok terracotta”

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