Skip to main content

Subjects (SH) Terminology Resource (Getty Research Institute)

Search from vocabulary

Concept information

Preferred term

Nok  

Definition

  • Village in central Nigeria ca.100 km SW of Jos that has given its name to a series of sites, including those at Taruga, Jemaa and Katsina Ala; to a group of terracotta sculptures; and to a culture that extended over an area covering about 500,000 sq. km between the Benue and Kaduna rivers [DA]

Synonym(s)

  • Nok culture

Notation

  • 120380

In other languages

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-F0WLMMP9-S

Download this concept: