Kotoko Bronze Equestrian Figure

Ribbed, rocket-like rider rides a horse whose rein is wound in rope

This equestrian figure is Kotoko, from Chad, Central Africa, and dates to the 20th century. It is bronze. Bronze figures are generally made by the lost-wax method, in which a wax model is covered in clay, melted out and replaced with molten metal. Warm brown surface, scuffed on the high points. A tall figure in a closely grooved, pointed cap sits at one end of a squared body and four tapering legs. The horse's head curls into a spiral, with a thick braided cord looped at the neck. It is 2 inches wide, 0.5 deep and 3 high.

Arranged with the care of a very small parade.