Kotoko Bronze Standing Figure, Based

Hunched shoulders, hooked arms, and a pointed head that means business.

This standing figure on a base is Kotoko, from Chad, Central Africa, and dates to the 20th century. It is bronze. The Kotoko live around Lake Chad, and their region has a long history of casting small metal figures, which are generally related to local belief. Narrow cast figure with a tall peaked head and fists held outward at the ends of bent arms. Legs stand close together on a dark rectangular mount. Metal is a mottled bronze-gray with silvery wear on the raised areas. It is 1.5 inches wide, 1.5 deep and 4 high.

A tiny stance built on a lot of attitude.