Kotoko Bronze Equestrian Figure

Round eye, round saddle, round everything, topped by a tidy domed cap

This equestrian figure is Kotoko, from Chad, Central Africa, and dates to the 20th century. It is bronze. Bronze figures are generally made by the lost-wax method, in which a wax model is covered in clay, melted out and replaced with molten metal. Fine incised rings circle the girth, and a round disc marks the saddle. Dark brown surface with lighter rubbed highlights. A figure with a banded, domed headdress sits tall behind a spiral-headed horse. Four stout legs. It is 2.25 inches wide, 0.5 deep and 2.5 high.

Plump of leg and perfectly content with it.