Five fertility dolls
Burkina Faso, Mossi
not available anymore
Provenance
Brigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, GermanyDescription
wood, a) elongated body with incisions and decoration curl, cracks, acryl base, h: 27 cm; b) high forehead crest, simplified facial features, cracks, h: 16 cm; c) legless, facial features only indicated, two-parted coiffure, cracks, h: 18,5 cm; d) completely wrapped in leather and decorated with four cowrie snails, h: 17 cm; e) two-parted coiffure and incisions, small missing parts through insect caused damage, h: 16 cm