This is a terracotta head of an animal—perhaps a sheep—with traces of polychrome. It was made by an artist from the inland Niger Delta Region in Mali possibly between the 1300s-1600s CE. (Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto)
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Wiener, J. B. (2017, October 13). Head of an Animal from Mali. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7433/head-of-an-animal-from-mali/
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