MOSSI DOLL 8


Photographs © Tim Hamill

MOSSI, DOLL 8, 11.25", $80, 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. Several are embellished with additional objects.

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