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Mossi doll from Burkina Faso
Mossi doll from Burkina Faso
- Country: Burkina Faso
- Tribe: Mossi
- Period: 20th century
- Material: Wood
- Size: 18.5 cm
- This is not an Asian piece but we still have this from our private collection
- Small figures like these are owned by Mossi girls and women. The 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.
- To learn more about the Mossi people, see link:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mossi_people
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Mossi doll from Burkina Faso