Fertility doll "biiga · Burkina Faso, Mossi · ID: 3036459
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Provenance
Berndt Helleberg, Stockholm, SwedenSize
H: 34 cm
H: 13.4 inch
Description
wood, shiny brown patina, pokerwork, cylindrical arm- and legless trunk with accentuated breasts and numerous incisions, min. dam., small missing parts (coiffure, base), cracks, base;
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 Fertility doll “biiga with the object ID 3036459 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 164.
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Comparing literature
Dagan, Esther A., African Dolls for play and magic, Montreal 1990, p. 48, ill. 4.4