Feet

Name: Feet with bangles

Location: National Museum Kaduna

Height: 16.75cm

Recovered: 1928

Text:

The size of this model of a human right foot and lower leg, hollow and wearing bangles, was the first object to suggest the probability of finding statuary of the period. Though little, if any of the original surface remains, the modelling of toes and toenails is clear.

Reference: Bernard Fagg, 1977, Nok Terracottas, page 95, image 126.