Very beautiful small doll Biiga, hard wood, nice honey colored patina.

This object, passed on from mother to girl, conveys a complex symbolism. Jealously kept by the young wife, it will become afterward the toy of her daughter, whose behavior will strictly be watched by an omnipresent feminine circle of acquaintances: to neglect the "doll", it is to neglect herown person and the baby ...

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Burkina Faso

Mossi

17 x 3

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