Mossi Doll
name: label: Discipline
content: Anthropology
label: Region
content: African Region
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: A carved wooden Mossi Doll from Burkina Faso. These dolls are used in play and have significance as fertility objects. This particular doll has a circular, notched base and incised geometric designs on the chest and stomach representing body scarification that only women have. The doll has characteristic pointed breasts and a flat, paddle-like head with two blocks on either side representing coiled hair. The figure is smooth and darkened from handling.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Nov 2023
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Africa, Burkina Faso
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
culture: label: Culture
content: Mossi
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO400702
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
physicalDescription: label: Material
content: Wood