Kotoko Bronze Standing Figure, Based

Short, stout, arms out, and standing on bent legs ready for anything.

This standing figure on a base is Kotoko, from Chad, Central Africa, and dates to the 20th century. It is bronze. The Kotoko live around Lake Chad, and their region has a long history of casting small metal figures, which are generally related to local belief. Squat figure with a pointed head, short arms spread like wings, and a belt-like band across the lower torso. Knees bend outward from a stubby body. Surface is tarnished gold-gray, mounted on a black block. It is 1.5 inches wide, 1.5 deep and 2.75 high.

A pose that suggests it is about to say something.