The Nok civilization appeared in
Nigeria around
500 B.C. and mysteriously vanished around 200 AD. The civilization’s
social system was extremely advanced representing the end of the
Neolithic age (Stone Age) and start of the Iron Age in Africa. The Nok civilization was considered to be the earliest
sub-Saharan producer of life-sized
Terracotta. Nok culture terracottas are heralded as the prime evidence of the refinement of African civilizations, and it is suggested that the society eventually evolved into the later Jos Plateau community. The refinement of this civilisation is attested to by the image of a Nok dignitary at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. The dignitary is portrayed wearing a "shepherds crook" affixed with an elastic material to the right arm.
[1] The dignitary is also portrayed sitting with flared nostrils, and an open mouth suggesting the deep inspiration and exhalation associated with meditation. According to some accounts, based on artistic similarities between early Yoruba art forms and Nok forms, there may be connections between Nok culture and contemporary Jos Plateau people. Later brass and terracotta sculptures of the Ife and Benin cultures show significant similarities with those found at Nok.
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