Dogon Iron Mounted Camel, Based

A camel carries its rider and a little piece of rope for a bridle.

This mounted camel, based, is Dogon, from Mali, West Africa, and dates to the 20th century. It is iron. Camels and riders turn up in the metalwork of the Sahel, where camel caravans have long carried goods across the desert edge. A hatted rider crouches forward on a high-humped mount, holding a twisted rein that runs to the head. The camel's legs fold beneath it in a hollow frame, and its tail drops behind. It sits on a black base. It is 4.25 inches wide, 2.5 deep and 4.5 high.

A very economical caravan.