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The figures below have been sold and are left here for reference and educational purposes.
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Photographs © Tim Hamill
MOSSI, DOLLS, 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, no. 3 has a tight leather covering.
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