Kotoko Stylized Equestrian Figure

Flying leap: one rider, one spiral ring, and four spiky legs.

This stylized Kotoko equestrian figure in cast bronze is Kotoko, from Chad, Central Africa, and dates to the 20th century. Cast bronze figures from the Chad basin are generally made by the lost-wax method, in which a wax model is melted away and replaced by metal. Angular animal with a looping circular tail or horn at one end and thin, splayed legs. A small elongated rider leans along its back, and the surface is gray-gold with smooth, silvery patches. It is 2.25 inches wide, 0.5 deep and 2 high.

Nobody asked for a ring, and it works.