Fertility doll "biga" · Burkina Faso, Mossi · ID: 3045338
sold
EUR 2,300
Size
H: 38 cm
H: 15.0 inch
Description
wood, base
“Biga” (= child) figures always show the typical characteristics of a young Mossi mother: crested coiffure, long drawn breasts and incised scarifications, as engraved on the Mossi girls when they reach puberty.
Comparing literature
Bofinger, Brigitte & Wolfgang, Puppen aus Afrika, Stuttgart 2006, p. 66 ff.