One unique feature of the Terracuttas work is that they represent the earliest coherent and articulate tradition of sculpture of a naturalistic system in Black Africa. They help to provide the baseline on which to study subsequent artistic traditions, schools and movements in this region of Africa.
These Terracuttas have help to add a vital dimension to the study of the history of technology and Africa beliefs systems as they present evidence of an awareness of the landscape and its contents including animals such as elephant, the snake, the monkey and possibly cattle. They depict evidence of technology of production by showing working tools such as the axe or hoe.
Nok Terra cutta art
