Doll (1) - Leather, Wood - Janus Biga fertility "doll" - Mossi - Burkina Faso
Ex private collection - Paris - France 1st half 20th century dim: 32x4x6. 5cm weight: 0. 3kg Very rare (the whole body AND the heads are still covered by leather) "Janus" Biga fertility doll from the Mossy ethnic group A cylindrical, elongated body whose only relief is the breast surmounted by a small face with a crested cap. The Mossi doll, Biiga, has a complex symbolism in African tribal art and different functions at first sight contradictory: for the little girl she is at the same time the power that will make her get a child and the baby that she learns to care. Biiga goes from mother to daughter or sister to sister. These dolls accompany them during the initiation and after the wedding.
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Ex private collection - Paris - France 1st half 20th century dim: 32x4x6. 5cm weight: 0. 3kg Very rare (the whole body AND the heads are still covered by leather) "Janus" Biga fertility doll from the Mossy ethnic group A cylindrical, elongated body whose only relief is the breast surmounted by a small face with a crested cap. The Mossi doll, Biiga, has a complex symbolism in African tribal art and different functions at first sight contradictory: for the little girl she is at the same time the power that will make her get a child and the baby that she learns to care. Biiga goes from mother to daughter or sister to sister. These dolls accompany them during the initiation and after the wedding.
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