Mossi Dolls Archives

MOSSI DOLLS ARCHIVES, Burkina Faso

The figures below have been sold and are left here for reference and educational purposes.

For unsold Mossi Dolls, GO TO MOSSI DOLLS PAGE

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

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

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 18
SOLD

Mossi
Doll 16
SOLD

Mossi
Doll 20
SOLD

Mossi
Doll 6
7.2" high
SOLD

Mossi
Doll 17
11.5" high
SOLD

Mossi
Doll 19
8.5 " high
SOLD

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

Mossi Style
Doll 1
SOLD

Mossi Style
Doll 2
SOLD

Mossi Style
Doll 10
SOLD

Mossi Style
Doll 11
SOLD

Mossi Style
Doll 11
SOLD

Mossi Style
Doll 12
SOLD

Mossi Style
Doll 7
SOLD

Mossi Style
Doll 13
SOLD

Mossi Style
Doll 29
SOLD

Mossi Style
Doll 4
11.5" high
SOLD

Mossi Style
Doll 23
12" high
SOLD

Mossi Style
Doll 25
7.5" high
SOLD

Mossi Style
Doll 8
11" high
SOLD

Mossi Style
Doll 30
10.25" high
SOLD

Photographs © Hamill Gallery

MOSSI, DOLLS ARCHIVES, Burkina Faso

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.

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