Zemanek-Münster

Fertility doll "biiga

Burkina Faso, Mossi
sold EUR 330
Provenance
Mareidi Singer, Munich, Germany
Brigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany
Size
H: 31 cm
H: 12.2 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, cylindrical arm- and legless trunk with accentuated breasts and numerous incisions, long neck provided with two circular piercings, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage and abrasion, 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.


Publications

Bofinger, Brigitte & Wolfgang, Puppen aus Afrika, Stuttgart 2006, p. 66

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