Kotoko Bronze Equestrian Figure

Long-necked, four-legged form arches its neck while a single post rises from its back.

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. Four-legged animal figure with a long curving neck stands on thin legs, with a tall rod-like peg rising from its back and a small knob near the shoulder. The dark metal is pitted and uneven. It is 2 inches wide, 1 deep and 2 high.

Impressively tall, even if the proportions are wildly its own.