KOTOKO HORSEMEN 22, 23 and 24, Chad

 

Photographs © Bobbi Hamill

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KOTOKO, Horseman 22
2.50" h x 2" l
$150
SOLD

KOTOKO,
Horseman 23
2.50" h x 3" l
$150
SOLD

KOTOKO, Horseman 24
2.50" h x 2.50" l
SOLD

These tiny equestrian figures, excavated in Chad, were cast by the Kotoko, descendants of the Sao (who disappeared in the 16th C.) They are small, ranging up to 3" in height. Little is known of the Kotoko civilization , but the Sao were one of the oldest iron-working cultures in West Africa.

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