MOSSI ART, Burkina Faso


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MOSSI
Dolls

 

MOSSI
Masks

 

 

 

MOSSI
Heads

 

MOSSI
Doors

 

 

 

MOSSI
Flutes

Photographs © Tim Hamill

MOSSI ART, Burkina Faso

Owned by Mossi girls and women, these small figures that we call "dolls" could function both as a toy for a young girl or as an object to promote the fertility of a woman. All show some variation of the special coiffures worn by Mossi women.

The Mossi, better known for their wood figures, posts, doors, dolls and headdresses, also cast these elegant brass heads depicting and honoring ancestors.

Mossi doors, like those of the Igbo, are abstract, but have doorlocks similar to the Dogon and Bamana but more massive.

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GO TO MOSSI MASKS PAGE

GO TO MOSSI DOLLS PAGE

GO TO GEOMETRIES EXHIBITION PAGE

GO TO AFRICAN FIGURES PAGE

GO TO MASKS AND HEADS PAGE

GO TO AFRICAN DOORS PAGE

GO TO NEW ADDITIONS PAGEHEADS PAGE

GO TO MOSSI MASKS PAGE

GO TO MOSSI DOLLS PAGE

GO TO AFRICAN FIGURES PAGE

GO TO MASKS AND HEADS PAGE

GO TO AFRICAN DOORS PAGE

GO TO NEW ADDITIONS PAGE

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