The village of Nok in Kaduna State of Nigeria, is famous for their terracotta sculptures that were first discovered in 1928 by Colonel Dent Young, a co-owner of a mining partnership. 15 years later, in 1943 near the village of Nok, a new series of clay figurines were discovered accidentally while mining tin. The heads of Nok terracottas are disproportionately large compared to the bodies, and while not enough is known of Nok culture to explain this observable imbalance, it is interesting to note that a similar prominence of the head in later African art traditions commonly signifies respect for intelligence.
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