Zemanek-Münster

Fertility doll "biiga" ·  Burkina Faso, Mossi · ID: 3037394

sold EUR 150
Provenance
Old German Private Collection
Brigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany
Size
H: 18 cm
H: 7.1 inch

Description

light brown wood, remains of blackish brown patina, arm- and legless trunk with stylized breasts, crowned by a triangular head, incisions, min. dam., traces of abrasion, acrylic base


The object Fertility doll “biiga” with the object ID 3037394 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 94 achieved a sales price of EUR 150.

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Publications

Bofinger, Brigitte & Wolfgang, Puppen aus Afrika, Stuttgart 2006, p. 68


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