This figure sits in a typical Katsina posture with his diminutive bent knees and his hands resting on the kneecaps. Unlike most Nok examples, the Katsina sculptors show little sensitivity in the modeling except for the head. The figure’s coiffure is a simple spherical skullcap with a small central horn at the top and a ring of mounds at the back, wholly different from the elaborate styles of the Nok. His eyes are also treated in a different manner from the wide, almond-shaped eyes that characterize the Nok: they are basically narrow horizontal slits carved into large, overhanging lenticular eyelids. Great attention has been paid to the figure's wide, protruding lips and flat, broad nose. The figure sits adorned in jewelry including a thick beaded necklace and bracelets. What an amazing relic from a lost civilization. This sculpture is a reminder of how vast and bountiful our common cultural heritage really is. - (PF.5789)