Fertility doll "biiga" · Burkina Faso, Mossi · ID: 3033505
sold
EUR 1,200
Provenance
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, GermanyHarald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1984)
Size
H: 40 cm
H: 15.7 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, with long lobes, on acrylic base;
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 Fertility doll “biiga” with the object ID 3033505 was part of the auction 70th tribal art auction on September 8, 2012. The object with the lot number 105 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,200 with an asking price of EUR 1,000.
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