Five fertility dolls ·  Burkina Faso, Mossi · ID: 3037429

Description

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

The object Five fertility dolls with the object ID 3037429 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 92.

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Publications

Bofinger, Brigitte & Wolfgang, Puppen aus Afrika, Stuttgart 2006, p. 68 f. (b, e)