An ebony-black-complexioned man with leather face, slender and aristocratic facial features, brown glass eyes, leather eyelids, open mouth with double row of teeth, carton torso and legs, sculpted boots, composition hands, is wearing a very elaborate costume of Ethiopian royalty, comprising silk brocade with rich embroidery, silk turban, and is holding a wooden lyre or small harp. His original mechanism is from Theroude. He has weighted feet and stands without base, as shown in illustrations of earliest Roullet automaton. Movements: he turns his head from side to side, nods, eyelids open and close, and he strums the harp. The weighted foot/no base series was shown in the first catalog of Roullet, and included only six models, including this one and Polichinelle (#127,this catalog). The models appear to have been made for only a short time, and are very rare to find. By Jean Roullet, France, circa 1867. 28" (70 cm). Four movements. One tune.