Big fertility doll "biiga" · Burkina Faso, Mossi · ID: 3035898
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Size
H: 39 cm
H: 15.4 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, characteristic form, incised scarifications, min. dam., fine cracks, traces of abrasion;
with the Mossi girls as well as boys used to take care for such dolls, in order to be prepared for their later role as parents.
The object Big fertility doll “biiga” with the object ID 3035898 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 255.
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Comparing literature
Cameron, Elisabeth L., Isn't she a doll? Los Angeles 1996, p. 33