Kotoko Bronze Equestrian Figure

Stout dark animal with golden ears and a loop on its back.

This equestrian figure from the Kotoko peoples is Kotoko, from Chad, Central Africa, and dates to the 20th century. It is bronze & leather. Horse and rider figures in the Sahel often relate to ideas of rank and leadership, since horses were historically costly and associated with chiefs and warriors. Stuffed figure, palm-sized, covered in black, grainy skin with a rough orange stitched seam along the edges. The head has pale gold ears and horn tips, and a strap loop rises from the back. Four short stubby legs. It is 2 inches wide, 0.5 deep and 2 high.

Compact, unbothered and a bit of a stubborn character.