Kotoko Bronze Equestrian Figure

Weathered, lumpy and splay-legged, with a tall ribbed hat on top.

This equestrian figure in cast bronze is Kotoko, from Chad, Central Africa, and dates to the 20th century. The Kotoko peoples of the Lake Chad basin are known for small cast metal figures, and horse and rider subjects are among the forms associated with the region. Mount with a rough, pitted body and four angled legs that spread wide at the feet. The slim head bends down toward a small boxy object, and the rider's tall ribbed cap rises straight up. It is 2.75 inches wide, 0.75 deep and 3.25 high.

Battered, bumpy and not about to fall.