Kotoko Bronze Equestrian Figure

Gleaming, split-legged, and mounted on a little black plinth for good measure

This equestrian figure is Kotoko, from Chad, Central Africa, and dates to the 20th century. It is bronze. 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. Bright, silvery gold surface with fine dark pitting, on a black base. A tiny figure on a tall, narrow horse with two splayed pillar legs lifts a hand overhead holding a thin slanted rod. The horse's head has pointed ears. It is 1.6 inches wide, 0.5 deep and 2.75 high.

A scrap of a thing with the posture of a general.