Doll - Wood - Mossi - Burkina Faso
Biga FERTILITY DOLL Culture Mossi, Burkina Faso First half of the 20th century wood and pearls H. : about 30 cm Stylized anthropomorphic doll with a long slender neck, adorned with a necklace of polychrome glass beads and a minimalist body sculpted in a linear extension. The shoulders are manifested by a detachment of material, the face is in the shape of a half-moon. Mothers offered these Biga dolls to young girls as a toy or symbolic accessory for their future marriage or pregnancy. The Biga had to be carefully preserved. Text and photos © FCP CORIDON
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Biga FERTILITY DOLL Culture Mossi, Burkina Faso First half of the 20th century wood and pearls H. : about 30 cm Stylized anthropomorphic doll with a long slender neck, adorned with a necklace of polychrome glass beads and a minimalist body sculpted in a linear extension. The shoulders are manifested by a detachment of material, the face is in the shape of a half-moon. Mothers offered these Biga dolls to young girls as a toy or symbolic accessory for their future marriage or pregnancy. The Biga had to be carefully preserved. Text and photos © FCP CORIDON
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