38a Zulu Chief with shield, 1879

These figures depict Zulu war chiefs, mounted on horses with European tack and saddle and wearing the scarlet tunics of English soldiers, each presumably liberated from the vanquished Anglo-led forces at Isandhlwana.

Both figures wear headdresses similar to the uThulwana Regiment, which fought at Isandhlwana. The Martini-Henry rifle raised in the fist of figure 38b, with its distinctive white duck sling, is certainly an ex-British weapon.