This is a very rare hand carved antique African Dogon tribal people stone statue depicting a horse and rider but the rider's upper body has long been lost. This very old equestrian figure was collected from Mali, Africa and was made by the Dogon people and is in good rustic tribally made and used condition with a partial rider. This beautiful Dogon tribal statue does not stand on it's own and measures 11 inches tall by 5 inches wide and weighs 21 pounds and 5 ounces. 

The Dogon are an ancient tribe believed to be of Egyptian descent and are a West African people whose culture, artistic expression, and complex belief system have remained mostly unchanged for centuries. Without a written language, the Dogon people interpret and explain their existence through stories, songs, artwork, and dance and are celebrated for their magnificent wood carvings. Although they have no written language the Dogon utilize a system of painted hieroglyphics to represent all things in the universe usually displayed on rock walls.