Kotoko Standing Male Figure with Walking Stick

A pipe in one hand and a staff in the other, and nowhere to be.

This standing male figure with walking stick is Kotoko, from Chad, Central Africa, and dates to the 20th century. It is bronze. Kotoko metalwork, cast by the lost-wax method, often features small human figures with simple, stretched forms. A slim man stands on broad feet, one arm raised to hold a long pipe at his mouth, the other gripping a staff that reaches the ground. His face is long and finely drawn, and a band wraps his hips. The surface is dark and smooth. It is 3 inches wide and 2.5 high.

A man in no hurry, with the equipment to prove it.