Fertility doll "biiga" · Burkina Faso, Mossi · ID: 3041793
sold
EUR 280
Provenance
German Private Collection (before 1968)Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austria
Size
H: 32 cm
H: 12.6 inch
Description
middle brown wood, dark brown patina, cylindrical arm- and legless trunk with accentuated breasts, head typically flattened on both sides, incised linear tattoos, min. dam., traces of abrasion, base
The object Fertility doll “biiga” with the object ID 3041793 was part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction on May 27, 2017. The object with the lot number 13 achieved a sales price of EUR 280 with an asking price of EUR 200.
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Publications
AHDRC: 0141951