Five fertility dolls "biiga" · Burkina Faso, Mossi · ID: 3033317
sold
EUR 200
Provenance
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1983, acquired in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)Description
wood, brown patina, a) light brown head, dark brown body, h: 25 cm; b) of typical form with incised ornaments, h: 23 cm; c) stylized body, without facial features, on acrylic base, h: 19,5 cm; d) carved incisions, cracks, h: 16,5 cm; e) coated with leather, missing parts, h: 15 cm; all showing slight traces of abrasion
The object Five fertility dolls “biiga” with the object ID 3033317 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 106 achieved a sales price of EUR 200.
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