Kotoko Bronze Equestrian Figure

Goat-eared and bearded, with a rider whose arm stretches like a wire.

This equestrian figure in cast bronze is Kotoko, from Chad, Central Africa, and dates to the 20th century. Small bronzes of a rider on horseback typically show a simplified body, an upright seat and a stylized head, with details worked into the cast surface. Mount with a pointed head, long ears, a beard-like chin and two narrow open cutouts in the legs. A tall thin rider with a flat top extends a slim arm toward the neck. It is 1.75 inches wide, 0.5 deep and 2.5 high.

A strange, stately animal and a stretched rider.