fertility doll - Wood - Biga - Mossi - Burkina Faso - 58cm

Height = 58cm; width = 6. 5cm; depth = 10cm; weight = 1. 118kg. Authentic and old. Some cracks, due to the desiccation of the wood, but which do not affect the aesthetic quality of this doll. Although called "child" (biiga) and treated as such by little girls, these figurines reproduce a woman on a small scale: a young girl by the hair and abdominal scarifications, but also a wife by the deformation of the breasts, more specifically a mother. These figures are therefore as much a representation of the child as the image of the woman to come or even her future offspring. Although the biiga are women, the children give them a boy's or girl's name, dress them, wash them, feed them, carry them on their backs, make them jump on their stretched out legs. . . like a real baby. Sometimes offered by one of the parents, the biiga is taken by the young bride to her husband because it is considered a stimulant for pregnancy. If pregnancy does not occur, the sterile wife will acquire another as a support for the fertilizing forces. According to “Biga, Mossi fertility dolls” Galerie Flak – Paris. Shipping by colissimo expert with tracking.