Mossi
Fertility Doll (Biiga)
Mossi, 20th century
Physical Qualities
Wood, leather, 9 1/16 x 2 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (23 x 6 x 8.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Geneviève McMillan in Memory of Reba Stewart
Object Number
2008.188
With coiled nose.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2008; Geneviève McMillan by purchase in Ovajadoujou(?), 1987.
"Subverting Beauty: African Anti-Aesthetics", Jul 15, 2018 - Nov 17, 2019, BMA, Kevin Tervala.
Inscribed: On bottom, in black ink and in white paint: "MS 4".