Kotoko Bronze Equestrian Figure

Two cone-capped riders crowd a horse with a curling, hooked neck.

This equestrian figure from the Kotoko peoples is Kotoko, from Chad, Central Africa, and dates to the 20th century. It is bronze & alloy. Miniature equestrian figures are usually cast as a single compact group, with the rider and the horse joined so that the piece can be held in the hand. Horse in cast form on four tapered legs, carrying two seated figures in tall ribbed caps. The horse has a long hooked mane and a banded collar. The surface is dark and rough, with bright rubbed patches on the shoulder. It is 1 inches wide, 3.5 deep and 3.25 high.

Cozy for the riders and, we suspect, for the horse.