Fertility doll "biiga ·  Burkina Faso, Mossi · ID: 3036459

Description

wood, shiny brown patina, pokerwork, cylindrical arm- and legless trunk with accentuated breasts and numerous incisions, min. dam., small missing parts (coiffure, base), cracks, base;
with the Mossi girls as well as boys used to take care for such dolls, in order to be prepared for their later role as parents.

Littérature comparée

Dagan, Esther A., African Dolls for play and magic, Montreal 1990, p. 48, ill. 4.4