Zemanek-Münster

Fertility doll "biga"

Burkina Faso, Mossi
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.

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