SOKOTO HEAD NIGERIA Terracotta Date: 300 BC ± 170 years, Alliance-Science Art certificate by Francine Maurer, dated 28 June 1994 H.: 26 cm (10¼ in.) A Sokoto head, Nigeria Provenance: Claude-Henri Pirat, Brussels Jean-Jacques Rotthier Collection (1932–2009), Brussels, then passed down through the family Exhibitions: The Birth of Art in Black Africa: Nok Sculpture in Nigeria, Luxembourg, Banque Générale du Luxembourg, 1998, 12 October to 13 December 1998 Bibliography: Schaedler, (Karl-Ferdinand), *Earth and Ore: 2,500 Years of African Art in Terra-cotta and Metal*, Eurasburg, 1997, p. 212 The Birth of Art in Black Africa: Nok Sculpture in Nigeria, Banque Générale du Luxembourg & Ed. Adam Biro, Paris, 1998, p. 104, fig. 62 A SOKOTO HEAD NIGERIA Terracotta Thermoluminescence dating: 300 BC ± 170 years, certificate issued by Alliance-Science Art, Francine Maurer, 28 June 1994 H.: 10¼ in. Provenance: Claude-Henri Pirat, Brussels Jean-Jacques Rotthier Collection (1932–2009), Brussels, then by descent Exhibitions: The Birth of Art in Black Africa: Nok Sculpture in Nigeria, Luxembourg, Banque Générale du Luxembourg, 1998, 12 October – 13 December 1998 Bibliography: Schaedler, (Karl-Ferdinand), *Earth and Ore: 2,500 Years of African Art in Terra-cotta and Metal*, Eurasburg, 1997, p. 212 The Birth of Art in Black Africa: Nok Sculpture in Nigeria, Banque Générale du Luxembourg & Ed. Adam Biro, Paris, 1998, p. 104, fig. 62