Cameroon
Kotoko

Bronze bell / lost wax casting
Mid 20th Century
Height: 40cm / Length: 15cm / Width: 15cm
Idiophone-Struck Directly – Metal Bell

This is a Kotoko equestrian figurative  bell.  Most of the Kotoko are Sunni Muslims, but some belong to other Islam sects. Only slightly more than 10% of the population is Evangelical.   The modern Kotoko, a fishing people on the Chari near Lake Chad, are descendants of the Sao, who formerly lived in this region. This mounted warrior wears a detailed wrapped headdress and is cast in bronze. It possibility served as a funerary memorial bell.