Kotoko Stylized Equestrian Figure, Pierced for Suspension

On long curved legs, this yellow-toned animal looks like a spider that learned to be a steed.

This stylized equestrian figure pierced for suspension is Kotoko, from Chad, Central Africa, and dates to the 20th century. It is cast bronze. The Kotoko peoples of the Lake Chad region have a long tradition of working in cast bronze alongside terra cotta. Cast yellow-toned figure with a tiny upright rider and a tall, sweeping hooked horn or neck. Long, curved legs splay outward. There is a round hole through the body and a trace of green in the hollows. It is 2.5 inches wide, 0.5 deep and 2 high.

Gangly, elegant, and very hard to forget.