Fertility doll "biiga ·  Burkina Faso, Mossi · ID: 3037388

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.

The object Fertility doll “biiga with the object ID 3037388 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 93 achieved a sales price of EUR 330.

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Publications

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