MOSSI DOLLS

MOSSI Dolls 14-15 6.5" & 7.75" high $3000

MOSSI Dolls 14-15 6.5" & 7.75" high $3000

The exceptional, leather-wrapped pair of Mossi dolls above is authentic, with significant signs of use and age.
Provenance: Galerie FLAK, Paris

The Mossi dolls below have been vetted as authentic with signs of age and use.

Mossi Doll 9 7.5" high $500

Mossi Doll 16 10.5" high $800

Mossi Doll 17 11.5" high $500

Mossi Doll 18 12" high $500

Mossi Doll 19 8.5 " high $500

Mossi Doll 20 6.5" high $200

Mossi Doll 6 7.2" high $200

Despite their appearance the Mossi dolls below show no evidence of age or use: we believe they were made for the collecting market.

Mossi Doll 3 13" high $250

Mossi Doll 4 11.5" high $80

Mossi Doll 5 11" high $125

Mossi Doll 8 11" high $80

Mossi Doll 21 14.5" high $150

Mossi Doll 22 12.5" high $150

Mossi Doll 23 12" high $150

Mossi Doll 24 8.5" high $125

Mossi Doll 25 7.5" high $100

Mossi Doll 26 14.5" high $125

Mossi Doll 27 14.25" high $125

Mossi Doll 28 12.5" high $125

Mossi Doll 29 11.5" high $125

Mossi Doll 30 10.25" high $150

Owned by Mossi girls and women, small figures like these 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.