Fertility Doll

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Artist Mossi(Burkina Faso)

CultureMossi

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Fertility Doll

MediumWood

DimensionsOverall: 10 7/8 × 2 3/8 × 2 3/4 in. (27.6 × 6 × 7 cm)
Base: 11 1/4 × 2 3/4 × 3 1/4 in. (28.6 × 7 × 8.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll

Object number2025.192

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Department

African Art

Object Type

SCULPTURE

ProvenanceCollection Thomas G.B. Wheelock, New York [1]; [Sotheby's, Paris, June 15, 2011, lot 46]; purchased by Frank N. Carroll, Jr., Houston, 2011-2025; given to MFAH, 2025.

[1] Sotheby's catalog.
Exhibition HistoryArt from the Upper Volta, Colorado State University, Center Gallery, Fort Collins, CO, 1975.
Traditional Sculpture from Upper Volta, The African American Instoitute, New York, October 24, 1978-March 24, 1979; Museum of African Art, Washington D.C., June 1-December 31, 1979.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, permanent exhibition, September 27, 2011-August 26, 2014; April 23, 2015-present.
Published References Grace & Wheelock, Art from Upper Volta, 1975 : 1, n° 19 Skougstad, Traditional Sculpture from Upper Volta, 1978 : 14, n° 8 Robbins, Traditional Sculpture from Upper Volta, 1979 : 10, n° 56 Roy, The Art of the Upper Volta Rivers, 1987 : 191, n° 153 Robbins & Nooter, African Art in American Collections, 1989 : 568, n°1593 Bastin, Introduction aux Arts d'Afrique Noire, 1990 : 92, n° 61 Roy & Wheelock, Land of Flying Masks, 2007, n° 481

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