Mossi
Fertility Doll (Biiga)
Mossi, 20th century
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Mossi
Fertility Doll (Biiga)
Mossi, 20th century
Physical Qualities
Wood, leather, 9 7/16 x 1 15/16 x 2 3/4 in. (24 x 5 x 7 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Geneviève McMillan in Memory of Reba Stewart
Object Number
2008.187
GROUP OBJECT LABEL: Subverting Beauty: African Anti-Aesthetics, July 15, 2018 - November 17, 2019:
"There is something unsettling about these figures. Although they mimic the human form, their lack of facial features marks them as not of this world. And indeed, they aren’t. Each of these works was meant to carry the spirit of a deceased or yet-to-beborn human." - Kevin Tervala (group label for: 1954.145.97, 2000.238, 1993.595, 2008.187, 2008.188)
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2008; Geneviève McMillan, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Subverting Beauty: African Anti-Aesthetics
Roy, Christopher D, "Mossi Dolls," African Arts 14, no. 4 (1981): 47-51_88
Inscribed: On bottom, in black ink and in white paint: "MS 2".
